Five police forces which challenged a ruling that they should delete records on criminal convictions from their database have won their appeal. The court of appeal said convictions, however old and however minor, can be of value in the fight against crime. The court said that as a result the retention of that information should…
Category: Govt
MPs investigate anti-extremism programme after spying claims
Vikram Dodd reports: A powerful committee of MPs is likely to hold a formal hearing into allegations that a government anti-extremism programme is being used to gather information on innocent Muslims. The home affairs select committee meets on Tuesday and will discuss widening its inquiry into the £140m Preventing Violent Extremism scheme, also known as…
Govt continues to delay release of telecom lobbying documents
Richard Esguerra of EFF updates us as to developments over the past 48 hours: This evening (October 15), the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice filed yet another emergency motion with the Ninth Circuit, asking for a stay of the deadline to release telecom immunity lobbying documents, less than 24 hours before…
FDIC employee leaked confidential data
Merikay Wootton, 63, Lenexa, Kan., has been charged with unlawfully disclosing confidential information while she was an employee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The crime is alleged to have occurred from Aug. 28, 2008, through July 10, 2009, in Overland Park, Kan. According to the indictment, Wootton was working as a loan officer for…