The Federal Trade Commission will mark Tax Identity Theft Awareness Week, January 29-February 2, with a series of free events to help consumers and businesses reduce their chances of becoming victims. Tax identity theft occurs when a person uses someone else’s Social Security number to either file a tax return and claim the victim’s refund,…
Category: Govt
NSA deleted surveillance data it pledged to preserve
I was so angry when I heard what the NSA had done that I tweeted about it, but apparently never posted anything to this blog. Sheesh. Sorry, folks. Here’s some coverage from Josh Gerstein, thanks to Joe Cadillic reminding me to cover this: The National Security Agency destroyed surveillance data it pledged to preserve in…
Federal appeals court orders DOJ to disclose surveillance documents
Erik Slobe reports: The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Thursday ordered [opinion, PDF] the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] to disclose two documents within an internal DOJ resource manual for federal prosecutors related to electronic surveillance and tracking devices in criminal investigations. The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern…
Florida police officers caught disconnecting man’s surveillance cameras
From the this-almost-feels-like-opposites-day dept., Meghan McRoberts reports: An Indian River County man feels his privacy was violated after he captured Vero Beach police disconnecting a surveillance camera outside his front door. Police were investigating a crime the man says he had nothing to do with. Vero Beach Police Chief David Currey stands by his officers’ actions….