Steve Bagley reports: The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Friday by an advocacy group seeking to force the government to reveal whether its clients were wiretapped during the Bush administration. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed Wilner v. National Security Agency to determine if the attorney-client privilege…
Unconstitutionality of law on telecommunication data retention
If I’m understanding this article correctly, the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) has declared certain provisions of Law 298/2008 on telephone data storage unconstitutional because the law violates articles of the Romanian Constitution. The court considered the matter in a dispute between Orange Romania and the Commissariat for Civil Society (CSC). The text of the…
Activists demand privacy protections for DC One Card
Michael Neibauer reports: Privacy advocates have sounded the alarm about the District government’s effort to issue a single, traceable identification card to residents, urging the D.C. Council to adopt legislation that protects the privacy of all users. The DC One Card has been adopted by the Fenty administration as a single credential for use as…
Bank customer’s privacy anger
David Nankervis reports: Banking giant ANZ has admitted a branch manager breached privacy regulations to access a customer’s personal information. But the woman whose private details were “inappropriately” viewed by the manager – who is also her next door neighbour – is demanding the man be sacked according to the bank’s own code of conduct…