D. Parvaz interviewed Woodrow Hartzog during the recent Drones and Aerial Robotics conference. Here’s a snippet from the interview: Woodrow Hartzog: There’s a fair amount of hand-wringing over drones and privacy, but I think in many instances it’s often dismissed because drones fly in public and they fly in public spaces and the law, as it’s…
Category: Misc
Hospital Trustees May Sue Over Trustee’s Refusal to Provide His Social Security Number
There’s a somewhat bizarre case brewing in Montrose County, Colorado, where a Montrose Memorial Hospital trustee has refused to provide his Social Security number for a background check. He claims he’s under no obligation to, but the hospital board of trustees says the hospital stands to lose its status as an eligible Medicaid and Medicare provider if…
EFF Resigns from Global Network Initiative
EFF issued the following press release yesterday: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today withdrew from the Global Network Initiative (GNI), citing a fundamental breakdown in confidence that the group’s corporate members are able to speak freely about their own internal privacy and security systems in the wake of the National Security Agency (NSA)surveillance revelations. EFF has been…
AU: Name and shame plan may breach privacy
Antonio Bradley reports: A proposal to publicly name doctors who accept drug company payments and hospitality has the potential to breach doctors’ privacy rights. The AMA has dismissed an option in the proposal to expose doctors who accept “tea and biscuit” benefits from the drug company reps, arguing that larger payments to doctors are of…