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…
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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…
The War on Cameras
Radley Balko has a terrific article on Reason.com about an issue that has been mentioned a number of times on this blog: whether public servants such as the police have any right to privacy in the performance of their duties. The question garnered a lot of public attention earlier this year after a motorcyclist, Anthony…