From EPIC: EPIC has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to obtain details about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s surveillance programs. The agency is required to conduct privacy impact assessments when it collects and uses personal data. However, the Bureau has failed to publicly release privacy impact assessments for many of its programs, including facial recognition, drones, and…
Category: Govt
DOJ petitions for rehearing in Eleventh Circuit cell-site case
Orin Kerr writes: The Justice Department has filed a petition for rehearing en banc in United States v. Davis, the Eleventh Circuit case holding that acquiring historical cell-site data is a Fourth Amendment search. I hope the Eleventh Circuit grants rehearing for the reasons suggested in this post. Read more on WaPo The Volokh Conspiracy.
FTC Commissioner Argues for Balanced Approach to Unfairness Complaint Cases
Jeff Kosseff writes: As the Federal Trade Commission takes an increasingly broad view of its authority to regulate privacy and consumer protection, one of the agency’s five commissioners is calling for a more cautious approach. In a speech today to TechFreedom and the International Center for Law and Economics in Washington, D.C., Commissioner Joshua D. Wright disagreed…
The Feds Are Demanding That Twitter Turn Over More User Info Than Ever
Dana Liebelson writes: US law enforcement and intelligence agencies are hitting Twitter with more information requests about its users than ever before, and in most cases the social network is handing over some data, according to a new report released by the company on Thursday. Twitter notes that many of the government demands, which are…