Cindy Cohn of EFF reports that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is not going quietly into the night when it comes to warrantless surveillance: EFF today filed its appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals of the dismissal of Jewel v. NSA, the case EFF brought against the U.S. government and government officials on behalf…
Category: Surveillance
In Bid to Sway Sales, Cameras Track Shoppers
Stephanie Rosenblum that as stores are using more video cameras, privacy advocates are getting more concerned: The curvy mannequin piqued the interest of a couple of lanky teenage boys. Little did they know that as they groped its tight maroon shirt in the clothing store that day, video cameras were rolling. At a mall, a…
Swiss upper house approves five bank data deals
The Swiss parliament’s upper house on Wednesday approved deals with the United States and four other countries to share data on potential tax dodgers, bringing the Alpine state closer in line with international standards. Under the deals Switzerland will have banking data sharing arrangements with France, Britain, the United States, Denmark and Mexico in cases…
Senators push Obama for biometric national ID card
Declan McCullagh reports: Two U.S. senators met with President Obama on Thursday to push for a national ID card with biometric information such as a fingerprint, hand scan, or iris scan that all employers would be required to verify. In an opinion article published in Friday’s edition of the Washington Post, Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and…