Antonio Olivo reports that problems with the E-verify system have led two senators to proposed biometric SSN cards – to the consternation of privacy and civil liberties groups: … Two U.S. senators prominent in immigration reform efforts have proposed that all Americans be issued biometric Social Security cards, containing data from either a fingerprint or…
Category: Surveillance
Move to extend holding of DNA in Scotland expected to face resistance
David Addison reports: A bid to change the law to allow the police to hold the DNA of crime suspects for longer is set to be launched at Holyrood tomorrow. Labour wants to double the length of time the authorities in Scotland can store innocent people’s DNA profiles to six years. Under existing rules north…
City of Ontario v. Quon: The Rights of Other Parties to the Communication
Dan Solove has some additional comments on Ontario v. Quon, in response to comments by Orin Kerr: I blogged about City of Ontario v. Quon a few days ago, and I want to raise another important issue in the case, one my colleague Orin Kerr has astutely pointed out. The case is on appeal to…
Bush’s Illegal Wiretapping Tab: $612,000
David Kravets reports: The two American lawyers who were illegally wiretapped by the Bush administration asked a federal judge Friday to order the government to pay $612,000 in damages, plus legal fees for their attorneys. The demand (.pdf) comes two weeks after U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker said the former administration wiretapped the lawyers’ telephone…