Doug Hagman writes: Introduction: After a lengthy, self-imposed informational black-out, my high-level DHS contact known as “Rosebud” emerged with new, non-public information about plans being discussed and prepared for implementation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the near future. It is important to note that this black-out was directly related to the aggressive federal…
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Why Are People More Scared of Facebook Violating Their Privacy than Washington?
Scott Shackford writes: This morning, Matt Welch took note of the Senate’s bipartisan effort to stop amendments to the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 that would make the domestic surveillance program more transparent and require compliance with the Fourth Amendment. […] The traditional media response to the reauthorization battle has been remarkably nonexistent. […] Compare the lack…
Some recent articles on privacy
Below are some articles recently uploaded to SSRN. Clicking on the links will take you to SSRN where you can download the full paper or book. Drones and Privacy Governance Gregory S. McNeal Pepperdine University School of Law ; Pepperdine University – School of Public Policy Abstract: Unmanned systems (drones) and other technological innovations raise…
FISA Amendment Acts debate in Senate today – or just more of the same?
The Senate is scheduled to take up the reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 this morning at 10 am. I’ll be watching for it on C-SPAN. Here’s a podcast by Julian Sanchez of the Cato Institute yesterday on the topic: Despite heroic efforts by Senators Wyden and Udall, there has never been a…