Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today on behalf of the executive committee of a 38-state coalition asked Google whether it tested its Street View software before use — which should have revealed that the program collected data transmitted over wireless computer networks. Google has acknowledged unauthorized collection of data — possibly including emails, passwords, web browsing…
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Real ID Online? New Federal Online Identity Plan Raises Privacy and Free Speech Concerns
Lee Tien and Seth Schoen comment: The White House recently released a draft of a troubling plan titled “National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace” (NSTIC). In previous iterations, the project was known as the “National Strategy for Secure Online Transactions” and emphasized, reasonably, the private sector’s development of technologies to secure sensitive online transactions….
Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police
Ray Sanchez reports on a case reported previously on PogoWasRight.org as well as other similar cases where people have been arrested for videotaping police in the performance of their public duties: …. Arrests such as Graber’s are becoming more common along with the proliferation of portable video cameras and cell-phone recorders. Videos of alleged police…
New bill renews Internet privacy fight
Declan McCullagh writes: American businesses weren’t very happy about a privacy bill that Rep. Rick Boucher announced in May. The Interactive Advertising Bureau, for instance, said the Virginia Democrat’s draft legislation would have “major” effects on legitimate business practices. Well, if they disliked the Boucher bill, they’re really going to loathe a new Democratic proposal…