Emma Barnett reports: Dick Costolo, Twitter’s chief, has stood by the company’s decision not to suspend the service during the UK riots or disclose user identities to authorities. Speaking at the annual Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Costolo referred specifically to the UK riots when talking about the need to ensure Twitter remains a…
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Police cite privacy concerns over their own DNA
Dave Collins of Associated Press reports: When police in southern Louisiana were investigating the deaths of eight women in 2009, the sophistication of the crimes set off rumors that the serial killer was a police officer — speculation that became so pervasive that officials ordered DNA testing of law enforcement personnel to rule it out….
Judge: No Warrant Needed For Cell Phone Location Data
Mike Scarcella writes: Prosecutors do not need a warrant to compel a cellular phone service provider to turn over data about call location, a federal judge in Washington said in a ruling unsealed Wednesday. The ruling (PDF) examines the government’s attempt to get data from the undisclosed service provider amid a U.S. Attorney’s Office investigation of an…
Schools raise privacy concerns over NYPD spying on Muslim students
Chris Hawley and Matt Apuzzo of Associated report: With its whitewashed bell tower, groomed lawns and Georgian-style buildings, Brooklyn College looks like a slice of Colonial Virginia dropped into modern-day New York City. But for years New York police have feared this bucolic setting might hide a sinister secret: the beginnings of a Muslim terrorist…