Ellen Nakashima reports: The Obama administration has agreed with its predecessor that a special surveillance program to monitor federal Internet traffic for malicious intrusions does not violate the privacy rights of government employees or others they communicate with. By notifying government employees logging on to their computers that they have “no reasonable expectation of privacy”…
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The 2008-2009 Annual Report to Parliament on the Privacy Act
From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: The Privacy Act came into effect On July 1, 1983. This Act imposes obligations on federal government departments and agencies to respect the privacy rights of individuals by limiting the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. The Act also gives individuals the right of access…
Chief Constable sued over data stolen from a police computer
A story in today’s Belfast Telegraph reminds us that employee snooping on personal information is not always just out of curiosity or for purposes of ID theft: A victims campaigner has launched legal proceedings against the Chief Constable and two loyalist bandsmen over the gathering of information on Catholics from a police database. Lawyers for…
Fight to reform PATRIOT Act begins
Legislation was introduced in the Senate yesterday to reform the USA PATRIOT Act. Introduced by Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jon Tester (D-MT), Tom Udall (D-NM), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), The Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act would reform the…