Alex Branch reports: The city [Fort Worth, Texas] wants to protect the identities of witnesses present during a June 28 bar inspection at the Rainbow Lounge, arguing that their disclosure in a report would be an invasion of privacy. Because the club caters to the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender community, identifying patrons “may cause some readers to speculate…
Category: Misc
Privacy Trends and Laws: J. Trevor Hughes of the IAPP
Tom Field writes: What have been the biggest privacy issues of 2009, and what emerging trends should you watch heading into 2010? We posed these questions to J. Trevor Hughes, Executive Director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). In an exclusive interview, Hughes discusses: The role of the IAPP; Key legislation in the…
Happy Thanksgiving & Programming Note
Happy Thanksgiving to all of Pogo’s U.S. readers! I had planned to try to do a quick news update this morning, but woke up to discover that our entire community was without electricity. Needless to say, all of my cooking and preparations are wildly behind schedule and I’m racing around like a nut trying to…
WikiLeaks releases 573.000 pager intercepts from 9/11 2001
From Wikileaks.org: From 3AM on Wednesday November 25, 2009, until 3AM the following day (US east coast time), WikiLeaks will release over half a million US national text pager intercepts. The intercepts cover a 24 hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington. To foster a deeper understanding, the messages…