Although L.A. Times reporter David G. Savage thought things didn’t go well for Caltech scientists in the Supreme Court today, Lyle Denniston offers a different perspective on how oral arguments went in the background check privacy case where the government is the employer: Two perceptions emerged with clarity Tuesday from a complex Supreme Court argument…
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Justices skeptical of Caltech scientists’ privacy claims
David G. Savage reports that the Supreme Court didn’t seem too favorable to the arguments by Cal Tech scientists’ lawyers in the case that looks at the government’s use of background checks and “informational privacy:” The Supreme Court gave a skeptical hearing Tuesday to 28 Caltech scientists who are challenging the government’s use of background…
German Government Moves on Draft Law Regarding Employee Data Protection
On August 25, 2010, the German government approved a draft law concerning special rules for employee data protection, originally proposed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior. A background paper on the draft law was published on August 25, 2010. The draft law would amend the German Federal Data Protection Act (theBundesdatenschutzgesetz or “BDSG”) by adding provisions that…
CA: Novato Taxi owner takes privacy case to court
Rob Rogers reports: Novato Taxi owner Dan Carlson says he’s ready to battle county and Novato officials in court Monday for the right to keep his employees’ drug test results private. “We didn’t get the ruling we wanted (Friday), so we’re going to pursue this again,” said Carlson, whose company has been closed since June…