From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed a second FOIA lawsuit, demanding the release of the full resolution images captured by airport “digital strip search” machines. EPIC’s suit against the Department of Homeland Security also seeks records detailing air traveler complaints and security breaches that may have exposed data to unauthorized individuals. The TSA has called for mandatory use of the body scanners…
Category: U.S.
Police fight cellphone recordings
Daniel Rowinski reports: Simon Glik, a lawyer, was walking down Tremont Street in Boston when he saw three police officers struggling to extract a plastic bag from a teenager’s mouth. Thinking their force seemed excessive for a drug arrest, Glik pulled out his cellphone and began recording. Within minutes, Glik said, he was in handcuffs….
Neb. bill would let stores scan driver’s licenses
Nate Jenkins reports: Now the only state that doesn’t allow information to be scanned from drivers’ licenses, Nebraska may soon let store clerks do more than just look at them when selling alcohol, tobacco and lottery tickets. On Monday, state lawmakers gave first-round approval to a bill (LB261) that would allow retailers to electronically scan…
Privacy activists score victories against more detailed body scanners at airports
David G. Savage reports: The government has promised more and better security at airports after the near-disaster Christmas Day, but privacy advocates are not prepared to accept the use of full-body scanners as the routine screening system at the nation’s airports. “We don’t need to look at naked 8-year-olds and grandmothers to secure airplanes,” Rep….