Marc Chacksfield reports: A new website is offering a £1,0000-a-month reward for spotting crimes captured on live CCTV cameras. The initiative asks users to monitor random cameras across the country and report back on any dodgy behaviour. If you successfully report a crime, then you could be in for a cash reward. On the Internet…
FBI investigated coder for liberating paywalled court records
Ryan Singel reports: When Aaron Swartz, a 22 year-old programmer, decided last fall to help an open government activist amass a public and free copy of millions of federal court records, he did not expect he’d end up with an FBI agent trying to surveil his house. But that’s what happened, as Swartz found out…
High Court debates value of attorney-client privilege
Tony Mauro reports: A Georgia company’s efforts to resist disclosure of communications with its lawyer provoked a rare discussion at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday over the importance of attorney-client privilege. On the first day of its fall term, the Court heard hourlong arguments in Mohawk Industries Inc. v. Carpenter, which asks when a…
Commissioner Cavoukian Orders Crown attorneys to stop collecting personal information on prospective jurors
Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, ordered Crown attorneys to cease collecting any personal information of potential jurors, beyond that which is necessary under the Juries Act and Criminal Code. Proposing a fundamental shift in the way that prospective jurors are screened, the Commissioner also called on the Ministry of the Attorney General…