In the second privacy-related case to be denied review by the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) today, the court denied review of the California Financial Information Privacy Act. The law provides consumers with greater privacy safeguards for financial data by requiring opt-in for sharing of information, easy-to-find and use opt-out provisions, and limitations on the sale of…
Congress asks TSA about Clear
In the wake of the sudden demise of Clear and questions about what will happen to the personal information it collected on air travelers, leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee have sent a letter (pdf) to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). In the letter, the committee notes that While TSA mandated many data collection…
Snooping on the snoopers
Can you see your data shadow? A University of Stirling expert is to turn the tables and put surveillance under scrutiny. Dr William Webster of the Stirling Management School has secured over half a million Euros of funding from the European Science Foundation to study the impact of surveillance on individuals and society over the…
Iran’s Use of DPI spurs debate in the U.S.
The current events in Iran have spurred digital rights advocates to renew calls for Congress to investigate deep packet inspection technology. This morning, groups including the Open Internet Coalition, Free Press, Public Knowledge and the ACLU wrote to Congress to ask for hearings about how U.S. companies are using deep packet inspection, or “virtual wiretap”…