Fredrick Kunkle and Derek Kravitz report: The government has buried its nose in Bari Lynne Williams’s personal business. Almost literally. Twenty-four hours a day, whether she’s jogging, sleeping or managing a pool hall, Williams wears a high-tech sensor on her ankle that can detect the faintest whiff of alcohol in her perspiration. If she sneaks…
NS: Privacy Review Officer Act in effect
From the Nova Scotia Department of Justice: Personal information will be more secure under the Privacy Review Officer Act that takes effect today, Sept. 25. The new act provides authority to a review officer to investigate breaches of privacy when people and organizations are not satisfied with how information shared with government or public bodies…
Government Files Notice of Appeal in Lori Drew Case
Over on The Volokh Conspiracy, Orin Kerr notes: Today Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Krause, the prosecutor in the Lori Drew case, filed a notice of appeal of the District Court’s decision granting the motion to dismiss. It’s important to note that this does not mean the case will actually be appealed. The Solicitor General must…
Judge orders Google to deactivate user’s Gmail account, but wait, there’s more…
Wendy Davis reports that in the Rocky Mountain Bank case previously covered here: In a highly unusual move, a federal judge has ordered Google to deactivate the email account of a user who was mistakenly sent confidential financial information by a bank. The order, issued Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge James Ware in the…