Siddhartha Mahanta of The American Independent writes: In July, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., opened a Senate hearing on the privacy and civil liberties implications of facial-recognition technology by affirming some incontrovertible facts. “You can change your password. You can get a new credit card. But you can’t change your fingerprint, and you can’t change your…
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UNC will release records to media group as part of settlement in FERPA case
The Student Press Law Center reports: A two-year battle for documents detailing an investigation in NCAA violations is over, with public records being released to The Daily Tar Heel and other media organizations today and in the coming days. The eight media outlets will receive the records after agreeing to a settlement with the University…
Coast Guard Boardings and Your Fourth Amendment Rights, Part 1
FourthAmendment.com points us to an article by Clark Beek that begins: Sorry, but when it comes to Coast Guard boardings, you don’t have any rights. I’m surprised how many boaters don’t know this. The US Coast Guard can board your boat any time they want, and look anywhere they want, without probable cause or a…
Pandora User Seeks To Revive Privacy Lawsuit
Wendy Davis reports: A Michigan resident is preparing to ask a federal appeals court to reinstate his privacy lawsuit against Pandora, court records show. Peter Deacon alleged in a 2011 lawsuit that Pandora violated a Michigan privacy law by participating in Facebook’s “instant personalization” program. That program shares logged-in Facebook users’ names and photos with outside companies,…