The state Ethics Commission on Friday delayed a decision on whether the University of Southern Mississippi was wrong when it denied the Hattiesburg American’s request for information on a $112,500 settlement the school made with a former graduate assistant. The newspaper in October filed a public records request with USM seeking documents related to USM’s…
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In nation of exhibitionists, there’s still a demand for privacy
Michael Gerson reports: Just weeks after the Supreme Court took a landmark case featuring a demand for greater communication privacy, many took to Facebook to reveal the color of the bra they were wearing. In a breast cancer awareness effort, women (mostly women, I assume) updated their profiles with words such as “black,” “leopard” or…
The Year in Privacy Books 2009
Daniel Solove has posted a list of six notable books published in 2009 that you might want to know about, here.
“Treaty of 2010” may give Indiana voters relief from political robo-calls
INDIANAPOLIS – With the 2010 election season approaching, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller urges political parties and candidates to respect Hoosier’s desire for privacy by agreeing to avoid making prerecorded campaign phone calls to voters using auto-dialer technology. Zoeller commended the chairmen of state political parties who today signed what he termed the “Treaty of…