Amy L. Edwards reports: … the Federal Trade Commission is targeting an Orlando company that sells a popular keylogging spyware called RemoteSpy, a product the company says is the best on the market for getting into people’s computers without their knowledge or approval. The FTC’s action against CyberSpy Software marks the first time the federal…
Ca: Privacy boss, police clash over new law
I’ve been covering this over on PHIprivacy.net, but since it also involves law enforcement, thought I should mention this here, too. Jason van Rassel reports: Alberta’s privacy commissioner is raising concerns about changes that will allow first responders to share patient information, but Calgary’s police chief said Friday they’re a necessary protection for the public….
Privacy vs. Accountability Highlighted at Denver Symposium
Christopher Wolf writes on the Chronicle of Data Protection: The University of Denver Law Review today presented a Syposium on “Cyber Civil Rights: New Challenges for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in Our Networked Age.” Hogan & Hartson partner (and privacy group co-chair) Christopher Wolf delivered remarks on “Accountability for Online Hate Speech: What Are…
Court: TSA went too far in searching luggage
FourthAmendment.com brings us news of a court opinion that Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees engaged in an unreasonable search of a passenger’s luggage and that the child pornography they uncovered should be suppressed. In United States v. McCarty, the court held: Despite the testimony indicating that the TSA employees searched the photographs solely to determine…