Eugene Volokh comments on a bill proposed in New Jersey that would purportedly strengthen laws concerning invasion of privacy: […] [A] person commits a petty disorderly persons offense if, with purpose to harass another, … [the person]:a. Makes, or causes to be made, a communication or communications anonymously or otherwise, or at extremely inconvenient hours, or…
Category: Laws
Surveillance Court Should Operate More Transparently And Release Key Legal Rulings, Says ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union today submitted comments on new rules recently proposed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) regarding public disclosure of court records. The ACLU urged the FISC to amend its proposed rules to allow for greater transparency by requiring judges to disclose to the public any significant legal rulings that interpret…
Wiretapping the Internet
Julian Sanchez comes out swinging on the government’s dangerous proposal to expand their surveillance capabilities by requiring more backdoors into what should be our private matters: Taking a cue from the authoritarian regimes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, American law-enforcement and intelligence agencies are seeking to re-engineer the Internet and other digital communications…
In: Eight reasons why you should oppose Unique Identification: Stop UID Campaign
Nivedita Menon writes: Drafted by KALYANI MENON-SEN for the Stop UID Campaign AN APPEAL TO CITIZENS The National Identification Authority of India Bill approved by the Union Cabinet on Friday has sidestepped critical privacy aspects relating to profiling and function creep — a term used to describe the way in which information is collected for…