I didn’t expect to be blogging about the Occupy Wall St. protests, but here I am doing exactly that, because the privacy – and perhaps safety – of a police officer is involved. Civil libertarians are understandably appalled by footage from the protest this past weekend showing a police officer reaching over a restraining net…
Category: Misc
Richard Clarke on Patriot Act, WikiLeaks, privacy (Q&A)
Elinor Mills reports: In an increasingly digital world, the real threat to citizens’ privacy is data collection by corporations and not the Patriot Act, said former U.S. cybersecurity and counterterrorism advisor Richard Clarke. Clarke, who ruffled Bush administration feathers when he complained that U.S. officials ignored warnings about the al Qaeda threat before the attacks,…
Connecticut’s Attorney General creates privacy task force to address online and data privacy issues
Attorney General George Jepsen today announced the creation of a Privacy Task Force to help educate the public about data protection requirements and to focus his Office’s response to Internet privacy concerns and data breaches that affect consumers. “The need for this initiative is well demonstrated,” Jepsen said at a news conference at the Legislative…
Your face — and the Web — can tell everything about you
Bob Sullivan has an absolutely chilling article on Red Tape that I wish were SciFi but isn’t: Imagine being able to sit down in a bar, snap a few photos of people and quickly learn who they are, who their friends are, where they live, what kind of music they like … even predict their…