G.W. Schulz reports: …. Digital rights advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation have been suing federal agencies for months under the Freedom of Information Act with help from the Samuelson Clinic at UC Berkeley’s School of Law. The goal was to force open policies that explain when social networking sites can be used for government surveillance, data…
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UK: 80% of people concerned about their personal details online
On Data Privacy Day, it shouldn’t be news to anyone that people are concerned about their privacy. The Information Commissioner’s Office issued a press release indicating that more and more people are becoming concerned: A survey has revealed that 80% of people are concerned about protecting their personal information online, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)…
Privacy & Innovation: A Data Privacy Day Reflection
Ryan Calo writes: The intuition that privacy and innovation are somehow opposed is surprisingly common. It is true that overzealous or reactionary appeals to privacy can cut off interesting ventures. (For instance, some believe Steamtunnels would have evolved into a social network in 1999 were it not shut down by the Stanford University due to privacy…
UK: Parents of murdered girl not given details on killer because it would breach his rights
Here we go again: the rights of the public – and in this case, the parents of a murdered girl – are pitted against the privacy rights of a criminal – in this case, the convicted killer. David Wynn reports: The parents of murdered Kilmarnock woman Vikki McGrand have been left in the dark about…