Gabriela Kennedy and Heidi Gleeson write about the Octopus breach previously mentioned on this site. The recent large scale sale of personal data by Hong Kong’s Octopus Holdings Ltd. for the purposes of direct marketing is currently being investigated by the Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner and has prompted calls for reforms to the data protection…
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Top Court to Decide Corporate Privacy Rights
James Vicini of Reuters reports: The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would decide whether corporations like AT&T Inc can claim personal privacy to prevent the disclosure of government records about them under the freedom of information law. The justices agreed to hear an Obama administration appeal arguing that the law’s personal privacy…
Motorcyclist wins taping case against state police
Score one for the citizenry! Peter Hermann of the Baltimore Sun reports: A Harford County Circuit Court judge ruled this afternoon that a motorcyclist who was arrested for videotaping his traffic stop by a Maryland State Trooper was within his rights to record the confrontation. Judge Emory A Pitt Jr. tossed all the charges…
Government Seeks Back Door Into All Our Communications
Seth Schoen of EFF writes about the disturbing news that the government is going for another expansion of its ability to surveill us: …. Throughout the 1990s, EFF and others fought the “crypto wars” to ensure that the public would have the right to strong encryption tools that protect our privacy and security — with…