Nuala Sawyer reports: The leak of private information surrounding Public Defender Jeff Adachi’s death caused a rash of speculation, gossip, and questionable media coverage that, for a couple days, threatened to overshadow the work of San Francisco’s longtime advocate. Luckily, much of the speculation appears to have been quashed — for now — so that…
Category: Govt
What’s the Emergency? Keeping International Requests for Law Enforcement Access Secure and Safe for Internet Users
Katitza Rodriguez writes: Law enforcement access to data is in the middle of a profound shake-up across the globe. States are pushing to get quicker, deeper, and more invasive access to personal data stored on the global Internet, and are looking to water down the international safeguards around privacy and due process in the name…
EPIC Joins Coalition Calling on FTC to Investigate Facebook for Deception of Children
From EPIC.org: A coalition of consumer groups sent a complaint to the FTC, charging that Facebook engaged in unfair and deceptive practices and violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act after court documents from a 2012 class action lawsuit revealed that Facebook encouraged children to make credit card purchases on Facebook’s platform. Parents and minors…
Feds share terrorist watchlist with 1,400 private groups
Associated Press reports: The federal government has acknowledged that it shares its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities, prompting concerns from civil libertarians that those mistakenly placed on the list could face a wide variety of hassles in their daily lives. The government’s admission that it shares the list…