From the announcement of a new coalition to promote a new framework and revision to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act: A broad coalition of privacy groups, think tanks, technology companies and academics today issued principles for updating the key federal law that defines the rules for government access to email and private files stored in…
Category: Surveillance
AFM reacts to ‘breach of privacy’ complaints
Media coverage of a judgement of the European Court of Justice, that stop and search powers in the UK, claimed to be similar to the powers the police and AFM [Armed Forces of Malta] in Malta have, are illegal for being in breach of individuals’ right to privacy and are leading to complaints from drivers…
Following EPIC FOIA Request, Homeland Security Releases Privacy Study of Cybersecurity Project
From EPIC.org: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Privacy Office has released an unclassified version of the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for the Initiative Three Exercise, a pilot exercise for the classified cybersecurity tool known as “EINSTEIN 3.” EINSTEIN 3 is the next generation of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team’s intrusion detection and prevention…
School laptop spy case prompts Wiretap Act rethink
Nate Anderson reports: When Pennsylvania’s Lower Merion school district installed remote control anti-theft software on student laptops, it had no intention of dragging Congress into a national debate about wiretapping laws and webcams—but that’s exactly what it got (in addition to some unwanted FBI attention and a major lawsuit). The key question: should the school’s…