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…
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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,…
Web-Analytics Firm KISSmetrics Reverses Course on Sneaky Tracking
Ryan Singel reports: The online analytics firm KISSmetrics quietly overhauled its web tracking methods over the weekend, and is now permitting users to block its surveillance, in a hurried response to a report slamming the company for using sneaky techniques to track web users who visit some of the biggest sites on the net. The 17-person Bay…
UK: Law-abiding Northamptonshire residents have ‘Nothing to fear’ from new surveillance unit
Law-abiding residents of Northamptonshire have been assured they have nothing to fear from a new police surveillance group which has been set up by forces across the East Midlands. The Guardian newspaper yesterday reported that police forces in Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire had set up a ‘regional surveillance unit with the power to…