For the past three and a half years there has been a major debate over the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program. This program, which involved the surveillance of communications between Americans and people outside of the country, began shortly after September 11. It was brought to public light in December 2005, was the subject…
Category: Govt
AU privacy law update expected soon
The Special Minister of State, Senator Joe Ludwig expects to publish a reponse to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report on updating the Privacy Laws “within weeks”. The Government had set itself a loose deadline of responding sometime between August 11, 2009 and February 2010. Read more on iTnews.
Mom says city breached her privacy to stranger
The City of Richmond is investigating allegations a city staffer breached city privacy policies. A Richmond woman, who does not want to be identified, said she was shocked when the grandmother of a girl who stays with her family each summer showed up at a local swimming pool where the girl and the woman’s own…
Fourth Amendment rights end at the water’s edge
FourthAmendment.com has posted an excerpt from the court’s order on motions to dismiss (pdf) in Ibrahim v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., a case that involved an alien being detained and searched after erroneously being placed on the no-fly list. The court held that although an alien’s rights are constitutionally protected while they are on U.S….