Ryan Calo is guest-blogging on Concurring Opinions this month and starts off with a bang: Drones are coming to a city near you. On one view, they will further compromise our dwindling privacy. This post explores whether they might instead drag privacy law into the twenty-first century. Thanks to Danielle Citron for the charitable introduction and to…
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Warrantless “emergency” surveillance of Internet communications by DOJ up 400%
Chris Soghoian wrote up the data he obtained under Freedom of Information as to how often the Department of Justice obtained customer account communications data from ISPs without a warrant. Chris writes: According to an official DOJ report, the use of “emergency”, warrantless requests to ISPs for customer communications content has skyrocketed over 400% in…
ACLU Seeks Details on Government Mobile Phone Tracking in Massive Nationwide Information Request
In a massive coordinated information-seeking campaign, 34 American Civil Liberties Union affiliates across the nation today are sending 379 requests to local law enforcement agencies large and small demanding to know when, why and how they are using cell phone location data to track Americans. The requests, being filed under the states’ freedom of information…
Senate panel votes to extend surveillance law
Pete Yost of Associated Press reports: The Senate Intelligence Committee has voted to extend a wide-ranging surveillance law targeting foreigners overseas, but Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon says he will block the measure unless the public is told more about the law’s impact on people living in the United States. In a closed-door session,…