Mark Tighe reports: A Dublin hospital has built a database containing the DNA of almost every person born in the country since 1984 without their knowledge in an apparent breach of data protection laws. The in Temple Street is under investigation by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) since The Sunday Times discovered it has a…
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Resolve to Be A Privacy Advocate in 2010
From the good folks over at the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: We at the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse wish you a happy, prosperous and private new year. For 2010, resolve to be a privacy advocate. Use our 10 tips below to minimize your risk of identity theft, protect your personal information and assert your rights to privacy….
Another wrong article: “Kiss the Fourth Amendment goodbye”
John Wesley Hall Jr. of FourthAmendment.com blogs: “Kiss the Fourth Amendment goodbye,” posted today by Kathleen Baker, Denver Conservative Examiner, concludes that the Obama Administration granting diplomatic immunity to INTERPOL operating in the United States means that we can “Kiss the Fourth Amendment goodbye.” Once again, a conservative watchdog gets it wrong, in their zeal…
Happy Holidays from PogoWasRight.org
As many of us head into the last-minute rush and chaos of holiday preparations, I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy and Healthy Holidays. Thanks to all those of you who have emailed me over the past year to thank me for this site and to tell…