A court asked the Constitutional Court, Friday, to determine whether the Communication Protection Law allowing authorities to wiretap for an indefinite period in the course of investigations violates people’s right to privacy. The Seoul Central District Court said, “Excessive wiretapping could be taken as an infringement upon privacy regardless of the purpose of the investigation.”Currently,…
Category: Surveillance
Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned
David Kravets reports: The Obama administration is seeking to reverse a federal appeals court decision that dramatically narrows the government’s search-and-seizure powers in the digital age. Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Justice Department officials are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its August ruling that federal prosecutors went too far when…
Growing outrage over Dutch fingerprint database
From the Deutsche Presse-Agentur: More than 3,000 people in the Netherlands have signed a petition demanding that the government overturn a law enabling it to store the fingerprints of all Dutch citizens in a central electronic database. Since September 21, everyone applying for a Dutch passport is obligated to provide four fingerprints for storage in…
EPIC Files Appeal for NSA Policy on Network Surveillance
From EPIC.org: EPIC filed a Freedom of Information Act appeal, seeking disclosure of NPSD 54, the classified Directive that describes a National Security Agency program to monitor American computer networks. EPIC submitted the original request to shed light on the extent of the federal government’s surveillance of civilian computer systems, but the agency refused to…