Dan Solove writes: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is in dire need of reform. In so many ways, the statute fails to address the key issues that schools are facing. In this essay, I will address how FERPA’s shortcomings impact a specific issue – cloud computing. […] Selecting a Cloud Provider FERPA…
Dear Journalists at Vice and Elsewhere, Here Are Some Simple Ways Not To Get Your Source Arrested
Absolute must-read piece by Kashmir Hill includes helpful tips from Ashkan Soltani on how to protect your source’s privacy – and your own.
UK: Parliament to unleash barrage of criticism on Snoopers’ Charter
Duncan Campbell reports: The joint parliamentary committee scrutinising the government’s Communications Data Bill – universally dubbed the “Snoopers’ Charter” – is set to slate the draft law in its official report published tomorrow. Most of the committee members felt the Home Office had failed to make a convincing case for the scale of requested powers…
AU: ‘Nothing to fear’ over privacy, says club boss
The owner of the Territory’s biggest nightclub says patrons have nothing to fear despite changes to privacy laws that will allow facial scans to be stored in police and spy-agency databases. Biometric facial scans taken for passports, drivers’ licences or nightclub entry can now be stored in the databases under changes to Australia’s privacy laws….