Every so often, a case comes along that pits health privacy against public safety, such as the case involving a honeymooning Atlanta lawyer who was publicly named — and sued by fellow air passengers — for posing a risk to the public of a treatment-resistant strain of tuberculosis. The lawyer eventually sued the Centers for…
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Happy 4th of July!
The Humphrey Brothers, party animals. Photo: Bulldog1/Flickr, CC.
Army wants pink undies for museum
Would you want your underwear in a museum? You may not know Pvt. Zachary Boyd’s name, but you probably know him as the soldier who was in a firefight with the Taliban while wearing his pink boxers. Pvt. Boyd arrives home today for a weekend visit with his family. After his four-day pass, he is…
Spy society: astonishing amount of personal data
Have you ever been tempted to try to find out what information about you is out there in databases? Matt Roper did just that, and sent out requests under the UK’s Data Protection Act to 46 organizations, requesting copies of all of his information. What he got back was a 2-foot high pile of records…