Jessica Martin writes: Privacy lawsuits in the United States usually seek damages for revealing embarrassing but true facts by the media— the so-called “disclosure tort” — but this is a “poor vehicle for grappling with the problems of privacy and reputation in the digital age,” says Neil M. Richards, JD, privacy law expert and professor…
Category: Misc
Some fact-checking would be good…
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…
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…