Karin Matussek and Aaron Kirchfeld report: Frankfurt prosecutors found no evidence Deutsche Bank AG board members were involved in criminal acts when the bank hired detectives to spy on a shareholder. The office will probe other “responsible people” in the case. Prosecutors won’t open a probe of members of Deutsche Bank’s supervisory or management board,…
Category: Surveillance
Lawsuit challenges California’s mandatory DNA collection at arrest
A lawsuit filed today by the ACLU of Northern California seeks to stop California’s policy of mandating that DNA is collected from anyone arrested for a felony, whether or not they are ever charged or convicted. The ACLU opposes this law because it violates constitutional guarantees of privacy and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure,…
Airport developments: strip searches, Clear program
EPIC.org notes: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has plans to greatly expand its use of whole body imaging machines at airports around the country. The x-ray machines, which each cost over $100,000, capture detailed, graphic images of passengers’ naked bodies. In June, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a measure that would restrict TSA’s use of…
RCMP did not violate Charter rights by seizing computers
Andrew Seymour reports: A judge has ordered the contents of at least one of two computers that were used by the spouse of an Ottawa man accused in a deadly terrorist bombing be sent to investigators in France. While the search and seizure of the computers was “admittedly borderline”, Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger…