Adam Marcus reports: Seventy-two years ago, the federal government made a promise to the American public: “No one has access to your census record except you.” So said a radio ad intended to promote participation in the 1940 census by assuaging privacy concerns. President Franklin Roosevelt even proclaimed, “No person can be harmed in any…
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The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)
James Bamford writes: Under construction by contractors with top-secret clearances, the blandly named Utah Data Center is being built for the National Security Agency. A project of immense secrecy, it is the final piece in a complex puzzle assembled over the past decade. Its purpose: to intercept, decipher, analyze, and store vast swaths of the…
Schumer calls for probe of personal info stolen over Internet
Oh, goody. Another investigation. My senator issued the following press release: “United States Senator Charles E. Schumer today called for the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation into reports that smartphone applications sold on the Apple and Android platforms are allowed to steal private photos and customers address books. “This past week, the New…
EPIC Urges DHS to Abide by Privacy Laws When Conducting Technology Research
From EPIC: Earlier this week, EPIC submitted comments to the DHS on “The Menlo Report: Ethical Principles Guiding Information and Communication Technology Research.” DHS sought public views on the privacy implications of ethical human subject research in information and communication technology research. EPIC said that many federal privacy laws, such as the Privacy Act of 1974, set out legal standard…