Kevin Bankston shares the great news: In EFF’s second major privacy victory in as many days, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals todaydenied the government’s request that it reconsider its September decision regarding government access to cell phone company records that reveal your past locations. That means the court’s original opinion — holding that federal magistrates…
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Europe tells Britain to justify itself over fingerprinting children in schools
Bruno Waterfield reports: The European Commission has demanded Britain justifies the widespread and routine fingerprinting of children in schools because of “significant concerns” that the policy breaks EU privacy laws. The commissioner is also concerned that parents are not allowed legal redress after one man was told he could not challenge the compulsory fingerprinting, without…
Govt violated Warshak’s 4th Amdt rights, but evidence admissible because of “good faith” reliance on SCA – 6th Circuit (Update2)
Via Howard Bashman of How Appealing: Email privacy, on appeal: A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today issued a very lengthy decision on the latest round of appeals in the case captioned United States v. Warshak. I haven’t had time to wade through the whole opinion yet, so here’s the court’s summary…
iPhone snitch network launched
Jason Douglass writes: A new iPhone App with the misleading name ‘PatriotApp’ attempts to draw on the power of the patriot movement, turning smartphone users into a gigantic snitch network. You might think an app with such a patriotic name might have useful functions like a pocket constitution or quotes from our forefathers. But contrary…