Kylee Zabel reports: In a quest to defend the rights of Americans outlined in the Fourth Amendment, a seemingly unlikely partnership between a Republican representative and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) geared up bipartisan support to pass a bill that would limit the acquisition and use of surveillance drones by state and local public…
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Homeland Security: Let’s be clear about aerial drone privacy
Declan McCullagh reports: A Homeland Security office says it plans to review the privacy implications of using drones to monitor U.S. citizens. The department’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties has created a working group that will “clarify any misunderstandings that exist” about DHS’s drone program, as well as make an effort to “mitigate and…
DNA Privacy Gets First U.S. Supreme Court Test in Rape Case
Greg Stohr reports: When Alonzo King was arrested for assault in 2009 after pointing a shotgun at several people, authorities had no reason to think he was also a rapist. Then officials swabbed his cheek at the Wicomico County, Maryland, booking facility and ran his DNA through a nationwide database. The check linked King to an…
Yahoo Email User Wants Court To Reinstate Privacy Lawsuit
Wendy Davis reports: A Yahoo user is asking a federal appellate court to reinstate his lawsuit, alleging that the company violated the privacy of email users by including their names in the headers of outgoing messages. New York resident Albert Rudgayzer argues in new court papers that he should have been allowed to proceed with…