Ed Hasbrouck writes: Today the Identity Project, Privacy Times, and Government Information Watch filed comments objecting to a proposal by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for blanket advance approval for USCIS to demand that all foreigners submitting any sort of application to USCIS provide a statement under penalty of perjury a list of all social media “platforms” and…
Category: Govt
The IRS Says Your Digital Life Is Not Your Property
Brent Skorup and Laura Bondank write: When the IRS secretly demands your financial records and private information from a third party, without a warrant, what rights do you still have? That’s the question at the heart of Harper v. O’Donnell, which is before the Supreme Court. New Hampshire resident Jim Harper is fighting back against the IRS after…
US appeals court will not allow DOGE to access Social Security data
April 30 – Nate Raymond reports: A divided federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s bid to lift an order blocking the U.S. Social Security Administration from giving the Elon Musk-spearheaded Department of Government Efficiency unfettered access to the data of millions of Americans. The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a 9-6…
NIST Releases Updated Privacy Framework
Seen at Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy & Information Security Law Blog: On April 14, 2025, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) announced the release of a draft update to its voluntary Privacy Framework, “NIST Privacy Framework 1.1 Initial Public Draft” (“PFW 1.1”). The update is designed to address current privacy risk management needs, enhance usability,…