Declan McCullagh reports: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and other wireless providers would be required to record and store information about Americans’ private text messages for at least two years, according to a proposal that police have submitted to the U.S. Congress. CNET has learned a constellation of law enforcement groups has asked the U.S. Senate…
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Vibrant Seeks Dismissal Of Safari-Hack Lawsuit
Wendy Davis reports: Arguing that consumers weren’t injured “in any legally recognizable way,” Vibrant Media has formally asked a federal judge to throw out a privacy lawsuit stemming from the so-called Safari hack. Vibrant’s request came in response to a potential class-action lawsuit filed in May by Web users Daniel Mazzone and Michelle Kusanto. They alleged that…
Editorial: Privacy trumps need for cellphone surveillance
The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an editorial today supporting a warrant standard for cellphone records. You can read it here.
Markey, Barton Invite Data Brokers, FTC, Privacy Advocates to Bi-Partisan Congressional Briefing
Just received this press release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton, (R-Texas) todayinvited nine major data brokers, along with the Direct Marketing Association, to participate in a December 13 Caucus briefing. The purpose of the briefing is to inform Members and the public…