Phil Willon reports: A federal judge in Riverside declared the U.S. military’s ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional Thursday, saying the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy violates the 1st Amendment rights of lesbians and gay men. U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips said the policy banning gays did not preserve military readiness, contrary…
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Event: Join the Future of Privacy Debate on Sept 14th
From ISOC: Save the date! Join the debate on September 14th from 11:30 to 13:30 (Eastern European Time) when the Internet Society and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will host a panel discussion about the future of Internet Privacy, live from the 2010 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Vilnius, Lithuania. The link to join the debate…
NSA Director says citizens’ privacy will never be compromised
Cybersecurity and citizens’ privacy won’t be mutually exclusive terms for the federal government, vows NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander. “As the director of NSA and the commander of U.S. Cyber Command, I have an obligation to the law and to the American people to ensure that everything we do in cyberspace preserves and protects our…
Rooney, Privacy and the Press: a feeding frenzy
Inform’s Blog has an entry discussing the UK tabloids’ coverage of yet another sex scandal involving a sports figure. I’ll skip the rehash of coverage and links to the tabloid coverage they critique to cut to their main point about the Press Complaints Commission (PCC): The breaches of the PCC Code relating to privacy are…