Katitza Rodriguez of EFF comments on Data Privacy Day 2011 and then writes: EFF calls upon governments worldwide to: Repeal the EU Data Retention Directive, and any mandatory data retention regime that requires ISP to preemptively record traffic data about the online activities of millions of citizens who haven’t committed any crime. Provide strong safeguards against…
Category: U.S.
The Commerce Department’s Latest Privacy Initiative on Data Privacy Day
Today is Data Privacy Day, an annual international celebration to raise awareness and generate discussion about information privacy designated by both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in 2009. In honor of Data Privacy Day, here’s an update on the latest Commerce Department initiative to protect the privacy of the American people. On…
7,000 eyes in the sky to protect China’s Guizhou
From the sure-we-could-use-more-cameras dept.: A network of 7,000 surveillance cameras has been set up in south-west China’s Guizhou province to help protect the public and key institutions, xinhuanet.com reported Tuesday. Dubbed the ‘Skynet Project’, 7,270 cameras will monitor key sections of the province such as toll stations, highway exits and entrances, roads linking counties, according…
Cops track gangsters with licence-plate readers – and store innocent people’s data?!
Chad Skelton reports: The Vancouver police department’s plans to use automatic licence-plate readers to track gangsters’ movements could have a real impact on gang violence, according to one of the first U.S. police departments to deploy the technology. “It’s been great for us and, looking at what they want to do in Vancouver, I think…