John P. Mello Jr. reports: For many drivers, the cockpit of their car is a sanctum sanctorum, a place where privacy is sacrosanct. That’s becoming less so, however, as high-tech gadgets are introduced to find out what you’re doing behind the wheel. For instance, American Family Insurance in Madison, Wis., has a voluntary program that monitors…
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UK: End of the road for ID cards
Phil Muncaster reports: The much criticised ID cards scheme is finally dead and buried after the government revealed on Friday that any cards issued can no longer be used to prove identity or travel within Europe. A brief statement on the Home Office web site explained that the final nail in the coffin would come…
AU: Privacy fears for phone data
Justin Norrie reports: Police would have access to the telephone records of missing people even when there was no suspicion of criminal activity under a plan that civil liberties activists say could lead to “gross invasions of privacy”. A federal bill to change surveillance laws would give state and federal police the power to inspect…
Social Media and Law Enforcement: Who Gets What Data and When?
Jennifer Lynch of EFF writes: This month, we were reminded how important it is that social media companies do what they can to protect the sensitive data they hold from the prying eyes of the government. As many news outlets have reported, the US Department of Justice recently obtained a court order for records from Twitter…