Owen Bowcott reports: Superinjunctions should only be granted in “very limited circumstances” and normally for short periods of time, according to an influential judicial committee studying privacy orders. In a report (pdf) that repeatedly stresses the importance of “open justice”, the study headed by the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, proposes giving the media advance notice…
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Retention of DNA breaches Article 8, says Supreme Court
Rosalind English writes: R (on the application of GC) (FC) (Appellant) v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis – read judgment. Read Supreme Court’s press release. A declaration has been granted by a majority in the Supreme Court that police policy of DNA retention is unlawful because it is incompatible with article 8 of…
Report: Limit Searches of Electronic Devices – and Jacob Appelbaum!
Okay, yes, I added Jacob Appelbaum’s name to the headline. It seemed appropriate. The Associated Press reports: Travelers carry so much personal information on laptops, computer disks and smartphones that routine searches of electronic devices at the nation’s borders are too intrusive now, in the view of a bipartisan panel that includes a Republican conservative…
Senator Leahy introduces bill to update ECPA
This is one of the bills to watch this session: the ‘‘Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2011’’. In his press release announcing the introduction of the bill, the Senator said: The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) Amendments Act will make commonsense changes to existing law to improve privacy protections for consumers’ electronic communications and…