Location: Vancouver, B.C. Welcome to the 4th annual “PIPA Conference: Solving the Privacy Puzzle”. Previously held in Calgary, this year’s PIPA Conference will be held on October 15 & 16, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver, BC. New this year we have also added optional workshops on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 (extra charges…
House Bill Expands Oversight Of NSA
The House intelligence committee late Thursday approved measures to strengthen oversight of the National Security Agency and the overall intelligence community, including by making the jobs of NSA director and general counsel subject to Senate confirmation. The committee also voted to include provisions that would establish independent inspectors general at the NSA and at the…
The Privacy Implications of “Friending” the White House (Part II)
Danielle Ctiron blogs on Concurring Opinions: Since I last wrote about President Obama’s Facebook friends, Government 2.0 has steadily progressed. Since early May, our Commander-in-Chief has added more than 150,000 new friends. The FDA has initiated its Transparency Blog and will soon add a Twitter feed and Facebook page. More state agriculture agencies reach the…
McDonald’s: sue our employee instead of us
In November 2008, McDonald’s customers Phillip and Tina Sherman sued McDonald’s Corp., Matthews Management Co., owner of the McDonald’s franchise in Fayetteville, and Aaron Brummley, manager at the restaurant, alleging that an employee uploaded nude photos to the internet from their cell phone which they had accidentally left at the store. In April, a judge…