The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has created a web page to address privacy concerns and the 2010 Olympics: Next February and March, Canada will host the world at the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. As the first international “mega-event” to take place in Canada in the post-9/11 era, the Vancouver Winter Games…
Category: Surveillance
German secret services want more powers after election
The Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper has revealed a leaked Interior Ministry document which appears to suggest an expansion of the German secret service as part of the Christian Democrats’ post-election program. The document, which is dated Sept. 22 and headed “Coalition Paper Preparation”, suggests giving the secret services the authority to conduct online computer searches, access…
Photojournalist sues government over raid
Laura Sennett is a photojournalist who covers political demonstrations and protests and often publishes her photographs under the alias of “Isis.” On April 12,2008, Sennett was photographing protests in Washington, D.C. related to the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The protests became violent, and Sennett claims that like others, she ran away…
EFF Wins Release of Telecom Lobbying Records
In a clear victory for transparency, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White today ordered the government to release more records about the lobbying campaign to provide immunity to the telecommunications firms that participated in the National Security Agency (NSA)’s warrantless surveillance program. The government has been ordered to provide the records to the Electronic Frontier…