Here’s the latest development in a case I’ve been following on this site. Karen Owen Gibbs and Patrick Callaghan of McDermott Will & Emery write: On November 7, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program v. United States DEA, Case No. 14-35402 (9th Cir. 2016). The Drug…
Category: Govt
The FBI just got its hands on data that Twitter wouldn’t give the CIA
Russell Brandom reports: The FBI has a new view into what’s happening on Twitter. Last week, the bureau hired Dataminr, a Twitter-linked analytics firm, to provide an “advanced alerting tool” to over 200 users. Twitter owns a 5 percent stake in Dataminr and provides it with exclusive access to the full “firehose” of live tweets, making it a…
Big Brother is spying on everyone’s ‘rewards card’ purchases
Joe Cadillic follows up on an article out of Seattle about how those who purchased pet food using a store loyalty card at their supermarket received reminders from the government about the requirement of pet licenses. I had noted the Seattle Times editorial on the issue. Joe writes, in part: Direct mailing companies are using…
Mayor: Database of undocumented New Yorkers could be deleted
David Shortell reports: A database containing the identity of undocumented immigrants living in New York City would not be opened up to a Trump administration without a “real fight,” the city’s mayor said on Thursday. Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaking at a news conference the day after President-elect Donald Trump’s stunning electoral victory, also left open…