Now what did Candidate Obama pledge about transparency? Adam Klasfeld reports: The FBI can shield its terrorism-investigation data from the prying eyes of New York Times investigative journalist Charlie Savage, a federal judge ruled. Savage repeatedly sought FBI data through the Freedom of Information Act for a series of articles exposing how federal authorities vigorously…
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Judge Rules Feds Can Have WikiLeaks Associates’ Twitter Data (updated)
Kevin Poulsen reports the expected, but bad nevertheless, news: The Justice Department is entitled to records of the Twitter accounts used by three current and former WikiLeaks associates, a federal judge ruled Thursday, dealing a victory to prosecutors in a routine records demand that turned into a fierce court battle over online privacy and free…
Thank You For [Not] Being A Chase Customer, Here Is Your Junk Mail
Weird consumer privacy story of the day, via Laura Northrup on The Consumerist: Jonathan received a letter from Chase thanking him for being a customers, and asking him to send it back in order to opt out of receiving promotional mailings. Which is interesting, because Jonathan not only isn’t a Chase customer, he doesn’t live…
Canadian businesses, take note: Dealing with police “Letters of Request for Information”
Kudos to Canadian lawyer David Fraser for an educational piece he wrote for Canadian businesses, “Dealing with police “Letters of Request for Information.” I hope it is widely disseminated and read by businesses who might otherwise just turn over information because they erroneously believe they have to or because they are more concerned about cooperating…