Dave Moore writes: As if hacker losses from identity theft weren’t bad enough, federal and local police continue to evade Constitutional search and seizure limitations by hiring crooks to steal the personal records of innocent citizens. Starting somewhere around the early to mid 2000’s, numerous federal agencies, including the departments of Justice, Homeland Security, the…
Category: Govt
Anonymous Twitter User Says Del. DOJ Overstepped Authority with Unmasking Subpoena
Ellen Bardash reports: An anonymous Twitter user is pushing back on an “unmasking” subpoena, claiming the Delaware Department of Justice’s actions violate state law and the First amendment. The John Doe plaintiff, represented by David L. Finger of Finger & Slanina and D.C. attorney Megan Gray of GrayMatters Law & Policy, has filed a case in Superior…
Consumer Reports and EPIC release paper calling on the Federal Trade Commission to pursue a privacy rulemaking
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumer Reports and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) today released a white paper that provides a detailed roadmap for how the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should issue privacy rules under its unfair practices authority. Justin Brookman, director of technology policy at Consumer Reports, said, “We have been waiting decades for Congress to provide baseline…
News from here and there this past week…..
Some of the news stories spotted by Joe Cadillic this past week: Social Credit Surveillance Will Reach $736M Globally By 2026: https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5134311/socialcredit-market-by-physical-and-cyber CBP stopping and searching vehicles in Salton City, California: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/firearm-ammo-meth-seized-vehicle-stop Court Orders The FBI To Reveal Details About Sabre Tracking More Than 1 Billion Passengers Air Travels In Real Time: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/court-orders-authorizing-law-enforcement-track-peoples-air-travels-real-time-must https://www.eff.org/document/forbes-media-v-united-states-eff-amicus-brief FBI…