Brendan Sasso reports: The privacy groups are pushing Congress to pass a law that would set nationwide restrictions on how police can use drones. […] “Drones should only be used if subject to a powerful framework that regulates their use in order to avoid abuse and invasions of privacy,” Chris Calabrese, a legislative counsel for…
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Minneapolis approves $392,500 settlement with former cop over invasion of privacy
Following up a case covered previously on this blog. Karen Boros reports: A former police officer — who accused cops from across the Twin Cities of invasion of privacy when they inappropriately accessed her driver’s license information — will receive $392,500 from Minneapolis. Anne Marie Rasmusson, a one-time St. Paul and Eden Prairie police officer,…
Argument recap: Sensitive to lawyers’ dilemma
Lyle Denniston reports on oral argument in the Supreme Court this morning: The Supreme Court showed Monday that it is genuinely troubled that the govenment, carrying on a sweeping program of wiretaps seeking to track terrorism activity, may be putting lawyers in a serious professional and ethical bind as they represent individuals potentially caught up in that eavesdropping. It…
Privacy concerns grow over FBI data gathering
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…