There’s a new page on this web site: the ThankTwitter page. The #ThankTwitter campaign is a grassroots, crowd-sourced effort to publicly acknowledge Twitter’s defense of its users’ privacy when served with a sealed court order to turn over some users’ information without even notifying the users. Instead of complying, Twitter filed a motion to unseal…
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The European Data Protection Supervisor recommends a Regulation, not a Directive!
The European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, has issued an opinion in response to the Commission’s Communication of November 4, 2010 regarding the Review of the Data Protection Legal Framework . The EDPS agrees with the Commission that a review of the present legal framework for data protection in the EU is necessary in order to ensure effective protection…
Article: School Children and Parolees: Not So Special Anymore
School Children and Parolees: Not So Special Anymore Edwin Butterfoss Hamline University School of Law Mississippi Law Journal, Forthcoming Abstract: The Fourth Amendment special needs exception may be one of the Court’s most puzzling doctrines. Since its origin, the Court has struggled to define its limits and its place in the Court’s suspicionless search and…
FL: School drug testing policy could advance
Erin Kourkounis reports that yet another school district is moving closer to greater surveillance of students and invasion of their privacy: On Tuesday, the Escambia County School Board could move one step closer to implementing the random drug testing of students. In a workshop Friday, board members and district officials discussed the proposed policy, which…