Matt Hutchins reports in the Harvard Law Record: On the 222nd anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Harvard University fulfilled its federally mandated celebration of the Constitution by convening a panel of experts to examine what aspects of the document deserve to be celebrated and what…
Rotenberg: What’s Privacy in the Age of Facebook?
Marc Rotenberg, the Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), has a piece over on Huffington Post: Modern privacy begins with the understanding that personal information will be widely accessible. That’s as true for web 2.0 as it was for the early Internet, and for the telephone. It’s a paradox to be sure….
Dish Network Dealers Settle With FTC Over ‘Do Not Call’ Charges
Two authorized dealers of the satellite television provider Dish Network, formerly known as EchoStar, have agreed to settle charges that they violated the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule by calling consumers whose numbers are on the Do Not Call Registry. At the FTC’s request, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed complaints against the dealers in…
A Problematic New Policy on State Secrets
Commentary on the DOJ’s new policy on invoking the “state secrets” privilege has suggested that although it is a slight improvement over the Bush administration policies, it does not go far enough. Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News adds to the growing chorus of concerns: […] More surprisingly, the policy seems to have fumbled the question…