Marisa Taylor reports: U.S. agencies collected and shared the personal information of thousands of Americans in an attempt to root out untrustworthy federal workers that ended up scrutinizing people who had no direct ties to the U.S. government and simply had purchased certain books. Federal officials gathered the information from the customer records of two…
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MT: State “reasonable expectation of privacy” broader than Fourth Amendment
From FourthAmendment.com, we learn: Montana has a constitutional right to privacy and right to know. The Montana Supreme Court concludes that lower level employees disciplined for viewing pornography on city time on city computers had a reasonable expectation of privacy not to be publicly disclosed, and disclosure of their identities was not in the public…
WI: State lawmakers pass Internet privacy, ‘revenge porn’ bills
Jason Stein and Patrick Marley report: The state would ban snooping in the Facebook accounts of job seekers and students and criminalize so-called revenge porn, under two Internet privacy bills passed by lawmakers Tuesday. The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill to prohibit employers, landlords and colleges from pressuring job seekers, tenants or aspiring…
JP: Privacy concerns over ‘proper evaluations’ of citizens under secrets protection law
Legislation proposed in Japan would subject civil servants and employees of government contractors to more regular and intensive background checks in an attempt to prevent national security leaks. The Mainichi reports: Government ministries and agencies are to conduct “proper evaluations” every five years on public servants as well as private citizens working for government subcontractors…