Papers, Please! writes: As gradual implementation of the REAL-ID Act cooking us slowly, like frogs who, if the temperature of the water is increased gradually enough, don’t realize that they need to jump out of the pot until it’s too late? Last month was another of the deadlines set by the Department of Homeland Security for “implementation” and “enforcement”…
Category: Govt
‘Citizenfour’ wins Oscar
Update: Ars Technica reminds us all that Citizenfour will air on HBO tonight and on Channel 4 in the UK on Wednesday night. The following is a statement from Edward Snowden provided to the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents him: “When Laura Poitras asked me if she could film our encounters, I was extremely reluctant….
Google agrees to Italian privacy authority audits in the US (updated)
Loek Essers reports: Google has agreed to on-the-spot audits at its U.S. headquarters in order to comply with Italy’s data protection laws. The Italian data protection authority (DPA) imposed several privacy measures on Google after an investigation into the company’s policies that was completed in July 2014. On Friday, the authority said Google will comply…
Global Regulation of Data Flows in a Post-Snowden World
FTC Commissioner Julie Brill covered a lot of ground in her speech at the Tuck School of Business, Darthmouth College. You can read her statement here (pdf).