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…
Category: Govt
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….
FTC: Privacy & Data Security Update: 2017
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its Privacy & Data Security Update: 2017. The report is organized by major privacy enforcement actions in 2017, data security enforcement in 2017, and other topics of significant concern such as fair credit reporting, children’s online privacy and do not call. Apart from the Lenovo, Uber, and D-Link…