Robert Siegel of NPR interviewed Kurt Wimmer of Covington & Burling. You can hear the segment or read about it on NPR. In their relatively short interview, Kurt manages to capture the complexity of the law when it comes to our privacy in public spaces.
Category: Misc
Texas School District Settles With Former Student Outed by Coaches
Trudy Ring reports that a lawsuit previously covered on this blog has settled: A Texas school district has agreed to pay $77,500 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a lesbian former student who said her high school softball coaches outed her to her mother. Officials with the Kilgore Independent School District agreed Friday to pay…
We need a privacy rapporteur, says UN free speech boss
Milana Knezevic reports: There should be a special United Nations mandate for protecting the right to privacy, says the Frank La Rue, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression. ”I believe that privacy is such a clear and distinct right…that it would merit to have a…
A Second Front in the Privacy Wars
An editorial in yesterday’s New York Times begins: More than a year before Edward Snowden exposed the vast reach of government surveillance, President Obama proposed a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights to protect Americans from the prying eyes of Internet companies, advertisers and other businesses. In a February 2012 report, his administration offered a well-reasoned argument for giving…