Airlines this week will begin requiring some people making reservations for domestic flights to submit their dates of birth and genders as part of a screening process aimed at keeping boarding passes out of the hands of suspected terrorists, the Transportation Security Administration said. The agency said the screening would all play out behind the…
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Canadian bus driver refuses U.S. background check and wins
A Canadian school bus driver who refused to allow a U.S. security firm perform a mandatory background check out of privacy concerns has won her battle. Stephanie Sydiaha, a driver for First Student Canada, opposed the background check out of fear over what the private U.S. firm might do with her personal information once it…
ACLU says Pa. man wrongly charged in wiretap case
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office wrongly charged a man with violating state wiretap law for recording police with a cell phone, the American Civil Liberties Union claimed in a federal lawsuit Thursday. The ACLU said law enforcement agents in Pennsylvania, Allegheny County in particular, have been misapplying the wiretap law. “Unfortunately, many Pennsylvania law…
Council speed cameras ‘unlawful’
Manchester City Council has been unlawfully prosecuting motorists based on evidence from surveillance cameras, according celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman. Known as ‘Mr Loophole’ for his success in getting people off motoring offences, he says that four cameras in the city centre and university district are used to “illegally raise revenue”. He says: “It is totally…