Michael Geist writes about an issue I’ve commented on before: In October 2013, Bell announced the launch of a targeted advertising program that uses its customers’ personal information to deliver more “relevant advertising.” The announcement sparked hundreds of complaints with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and a filing by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre over the same issue with…
Category: Govt
Presidential Memorandum: Promoting Economic Competitiveness While Safeguarding Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: Promoting Economic Competitiveness While Safeguarding Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) technology continues to improve rapidly, and increasingly UAS are able to perform a variety of missions with greater operational flexibility and at a…
Inadvertently Posted FAA Document Provides Glimpse Into Drone Regulations
Gregory McNeal writes: The FAA may be poised to release regulations that will impose a minimal burden on businesses, paving the way for integration of drones into the national airspace. Information about the forthcoming regulations is contained in an inadvertently published document that appears to be an FAA economic analysis of the long awaited regulations for small drones….
Cybersecurity Summit Exposes Silicon Valley’s Privacy Fears
Danny Yadron and Damian Paletta report: For a moment here Friday, it was the chief executive of Apple Inc. vs. the president of the United States. Speaking just before Barack Obama at a conference on computer security, the iPhone maker’s Tim Cook gave perhaps one of the most impassioned defenses of digital privacy from a corporate executive—in this case the CEO…