A new policy is going into effect in the Kingston City School District. Meredith Saldana explains: Here’s how it works, parents will first receive a permission slip for their child to be tested. “[…] All students involved in activities like sports or even band and choir, will now have to take a drug test and…
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No Privacy on Amazon’s Cloud Drive
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes: Who couldn’t love the idea ofthe new Amazon Cloud Drive? You get at least 5GBs of free cloud-based storage, and its trivial to get 20GBs of free storage on Amazon Cloud Drive. Used in concert with theAmazon Cloud Player you get a fine cloud-based music player that can be used either from…
Privacy: reidentification a growing risk
Melanie D.G. Kaplan interviewed Paul Ohm on the re-identification of supposed-to-be de-identified records. Here’s a snippet of the interview, which you can read in its entirety on SmartPlanet: Earlier this month the Commerce Department released a green paper that proposes a privacy bill of rights. What are your thoughts on this? I think it’s great…
Significant Test Case in Seattle on Lawfulness of Ex Ante Search Limitations in Computer Warrants
Orin Kerr writes: In a recent article, Ex Ante Regulation of Computer Search and Seizure, 96 Va. L. Rev. 1241 (2010), I pointed out a newly emerging practice of some federal magistrate judges in computer search cases. When the government applies for warrants to search for and seize computers, some judges are rejecting the applications —…