Records posted online by the DHS in response to one of our FOIA requests confirm that, as we suspected, DHS headquarters has been illegally blocking release of documents we have requested, and to which we are entitled, under the Freedom of Information Act, in order to subject them to higher-level political review and an illegal requirement for higher-level political approval…
Category: Govt
FTC to Google re Wi-Fi data capture: case closed
The FTC has closed its investigation into the Google Street View wi-fi mess without levying any fines or penalties. A copy of the FTC’s letter to Google can be found here. It apparently helped Google that they announced a new Privacy Director and other changes in response to other countries’ investigation into the situation. Hat-tip,…
White House Unveils Internet Privacy Committee
Elizabeth Montalbano reports: The White House council on technology has formed a new subcommittee to develop principles that will attempt to balance the Internet’s economic opportunity with people’s right to privacy. The National Science and Technology Council’s new Subcommittee on Privacy and Internet Policy also will aim to synchronize the practices of federal agencies with…
SSA to create dozens of new datasets
Alice Lipowicz reports: The Social Security Administration said it will create and release more than three dozen additional sets of data it is pulling from its information systems after scrubbing the data of personally identifiable information. The agency has already released 22 datasets on Data.gov as part of the White House’s open government and transparency…