Brent Johnson reports: A New Jersey appeals court is pushing for the state to release documents from an investigation into the New York Police Department’s controversial surveillance of Muslims in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. The three-judge panel last week said the state improperly denied an Open Public Records Act request that advocacy…
Category: Govt
Ca: Law enforcement agencies urged to consider privacy and personal information protection before adopting body-worn cameras
From the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario: Canada’s privacy and personal information protection guardians are urging law enforcement agencies across the country to carefully consider the significant risks to privacy before equipping officers with body-worn cameras. The federal Privacy Commissioner and privacy and personal information protection Ombudspersons and Commissioners in all provinces and territories…
Top 10 U.S. Privacy Developments of 2014
Jeff Kosseff, Meena Harris, and Caleb Skeath have a really nice recap of the year. It begins: Data Breaches Studies show increase. Amidst a flurry of high-profile breaches during 2014, several studies confirmed that data breaches as a whole have risen significantly over the past few years. The California Attorney General released a study showing…
Anonymous Companies Fighting National Security Letters Back Twitter’s NSL Battle
EFF writes: Two companies who must remain anonymous about their fight against secret government demands for information known as national security letters (NSLs) are backing Twitter’s lawsuit over its rights to publish information about NSLs it may have received. The companies—a telecom and an Internet company—are represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Twitter filed…