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…
Category: Laws
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…
ECPA Reform–Inconsistent Holdings on Social Media
Andy Serwin writes: As the Senate Judicary Committee continues its analysis regarding ECPA, it should note that the statement that ECPA was “famous (if not infamous) for its lack of clarity” was reaffirmed by two conflicting decisions—one from the Central District of California, and one from New York, which reach opposite conclusions regarding the discovery and privacy…