James Kanter reports: The European Commission is seeking the right for its citizens to sue in American courts if they believe that airline passenger data transmitted to the United States has been misused — part of a new bid to make protecting privacy compatible with fighting terror. At a meeting Thursday and Friday in Madrid,…
Category: U.S.
What TSA is doing
Stewart Baker writes: The press has been spending a lot of time on TSA’s new policy. This New York Times story is representative (I’ve linked to it here because it has the first ever MSM reference to Skating on Stilts). Despite all the attention, though, there’s a surprising lack of certainty about exactly what TSA…
OK: State profits from residents’ data
John Estus, Paul Monies, and Gavin Off report: The state of Oklahoma makes tens of millions of dollars selling personal information about people that some lawmakers and labor organizations want kept secret for government employees, The Oklahoman and Tulsa World have learned…… Senate Bill 1753 by Sen. Debbe Leftwich, D-Oklahoma City, and Rep. Randy Terrill,…
First Private Lawsuit Challenging ObamaCare Filed in Mississippi
A privacy-themed lawsuit. K. Douglas Lee writes: Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel and I have filed a class action lawsuit today, Good Friday 2010, challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as “ObamaCare” and a variety of other less polite euphemisms. From the complaint: Moreover, compelling Plaintiffs to enter…