Two DeKalb County police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave after an investigation revealed they ran a background check on President Barack Obama. A representative for the DeKalb County CEO’s office identified the officers as Ryan White and C.M. Route. Officials said Obama’s name was typed into a computer inside a DeKalb County…
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Google responds to Los Angeles flap
Jaikumar Vijayan has a great follow-up piece about Los Angeles’ plan to move some of the city’s records and services to the cloud. As reported previously, the city’s police department and privacy advocates have raised concerns about the proposal… Google Inc. this week came swinging at critics who have cited privacy and security concerns in…
NY High School To Provide Pregnancy, STD Testing
Is it providing high school students a needed service or shutting parents out of their teen’s lives? A recent decision by the Port Chester Board of Education has some thinking it’s too much intrusion. As Port Chester High School gets ready for the new school year, officials have signed off on a new service that…
Hobby or harassment? Blogger Strom jailed for cop site
Elisha Strom has been sitting in Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail for two weeks. Her alleged crime? Publishing the address of an officer on the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement, JADE, task force. […] The Code of Virginia forbids publication of law-enforcement officers’ addresses or photographs with the “intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass” in §18.2-186.4. Most recently…