Daniel Solove writes: I have been spending a lot of time examining education privacy lately, and there are some very troubling things going on in this field. At a general level, schools lack much sophistication in how they handle privacy issues. Other industry sectors that handle sensitive personal data have Chief Privacy Officers and a…
Category: Laws
PATRIOT Act provisions extended
The “Four more years!” chant you may have heard last night was not an enthusiastic crowd supporting a presidential nominee. It was the groan of civil libertarians as Congress authorized an extension of three PATRIOT Act provisions that would have sunsetted this morning. The roll call from the Senate is here; from the House, here….
Automotive Black Boxes, Minus the Gray Area
Keith Barry writes: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will later this year propose a requirement that all new vehicles contain an event data recorder, known more commonly as a “black box.” The device, similar to those found in aircraft, records vehicle inputs and, in the event of a crash, provides a snapshot of the…
There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says
Spencer Ackerman writes: You may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spyon its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard. Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday. But Wyden says that what Congress will renew is a…