Barbara Leonard reports: The Supreme Court will determine whether the government may be liable for an e-filing defect that allegedly published the expiration date of attorneys’ credit cards to the Internet. Attorney James Bormes used his credit card to pay the e-filing fee for a lawsuit he filed on behalf of one of his clients….
Category: Laws
UK: Civilian snooping army doubles in four years
Tom Whitehead reports: More than 2,500 citizens working for town halls and private security companies can hand out fines, take photographs of offenders and demand their names and addresses. They are not accountable to the police, unless they break the law, and include car park attendants and dog wardens. There are growing concerns among rank-and-file…
Rand Paul blocking tax treaties over fears of government snooping
Bernie Becker and Alexander Bolton report: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is holding up a trio of international tax treaties over concerns that the pacts give the federal government too much power to invade personal privacy. The Obama administration says the three treaties — with Luxembourg, Hungary and Switzerland — will help the U.S. battle tax…
UK: Judgement reinforces the link between “lawful processing”, the First Data Protection Principle and human rights/other laws.
From Amberhawk: Belated Happy New Year, but we start 2012 with a report that has a lot in it. Stick with this judgement as, in summary, it states that: (a) the term “lawful” processing in First Principle relates to that processing which is consistent with the application of any relevant law including law of confidence (the Information…