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…
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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…
Upcoming Event: Caught in the Net: What Does the Government Do with Americans’ Data?
Coming up on October 8, 2013: The Brennan Center for Justice presents: Caught in the Net: What Does the Government Do with Americans’ Data?featuring Laura Donohue Georgetown University Law Center Rachel Levinson-Waldman Brennan Center for Justice Julian Sanchez The Cato Institute moderated by Julia Angwin Wall Street Journal October 8, 2013 9:00 a.m. –…
Why the Biometrics Privacy Threat Is Overblown
Rohit Sethi of Compass Security thinks privacy fears about biometrics are overblown. What do you think?