Sharon Coolidge reports: A justice reform bill endorsed by Gov. Ted Strickland and passed by the Senate designed to prevent wrongful convictions also includes a controversial measure to expand the collection of DNA samples to those arrested on felony charges. Currently, Ohio only takes DNA from people convicted of felonies and violent misdemeanors. Law enforcement…
St. Paul man sentenced in Duluth for Internet crime
Jana Hollingsworth of Duluth News Tribune reports: A University of Minnesota Duluth student convicted of threatening to damage his cousin’s social networking and e-mail accounts to obtain nude photos of her over the Internet was sentenced Friday to electronic monitoring and probation. Judge Heather Sweetland sentenced Anthony Phillip Dzik, 24, of St. Paul to 45…
Google Books privacy policy: good start, much more needed
Cindy Cohn of EFF has a commentary on Google’s new privacy policy for Google Books that suggests that the new policy is better, but not sufficient. Cohen writes: Late yesterday afternoon, September 3, 2009, Google finally issued a privacy policy for Google Books, both the current service and the extensive new book-related services they hope…
Web-monitoring software gathers data on kid chats
Deborah Yao of Associated Press reports that: Parents who install a leading brand of software to monitor their kids’ online activities may be unwittingly allowing the company to read their children’s chat messages – and sell the marketing data gathered. Software sold under the Sentry and FamilySafe brands can read private chats conducted through Yahoo,…