Privacy Roundtables are free and open to the public. The first will be held Monday, December 7, 2009, at the FTC Conference Center at 601 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. Pre-registration is not required. Members of the public and press who wish to participate but who cannot attend can view a live Webcast at…
Extradition threat to Fergie as Turks object to TV exposé
Rashid Razaq reports: The Duchess of York could face a Home Office investigation after Turkey accused her of illegally filming an undercover television documentary. The Turkish authorities have asked the Home Office to formally question the Duchess over her role in the ITV programme which exposed harsh living conditions in state-run orphanages. The Duchess and…
A Bizarre Privacy Indictment
Jim Harper writes: Page one of today’s Washington Times—above the fold—has a fascinating story indicting the White House for failing to disclose that it will collect and retain material posted by visitors to its pages on social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube. The story is fascinating because so much attention is being paid to…
Wikileaks Under Fire For Publication of Court-Protected Information
Chris Burke writes: Wikileaks, a whistle blower website, encourages and advertises anonymous tipsters to upload confidential documents to its site. But what if that document, or a portion of that document, were privileged by a court order? Such a scenario could be heading for a disaster with Wikileaks at the helm. Wikileaks is widely known…