Warrantless Surveillance 101: Introducing EFF’s New NSA Domestic Spying Guide
Mark M. Jaycox and Trevor Timm write: On December 14th, EFF is back in federal court challenging the NSA’s domestic spying program in our long-running case Jewel v. NSA. In anticipation of our court appearance, we’ve launched a new section of our website to give everyone a clear understanding how the NSA warrantless wiretapping program works and why we’re challenging it as unconstitutional. While the government claims the NSA’s infamous program is too secret to be litigated, it isn't a secret—and we’ve catalogued the trove of information that has become public since it was first revealed by the New York Times in 2005. This including declarations ...
Patriot Act can ‘obtain’ data in Europe, researchers say
Zack Whittaker reports on a story that I mentioned on PHIprivacy.net about how the Dutch are concerned that the U.S. government will be able to access Dutch patients' medical records because the firm developing the records system is a U.S. firm with a branch in Europe. Read Zack's more in-depth coverage of the research and legal analysis that led to concerns about the long arm of the PATRIOT Act on CBS News.
Newly Released Drone Records Reveal Extensive Military Flights in US
Jennifer Lynch writes: Today EFF posted several thousand pages of new drone license records and a new map that tracks the location of drone flights across the United States. These records, received as a result of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), come from state and local law enforcement agencies, universities and—for the first time—three branches of the U.S. military: the Air Force, Marine Corps, and DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). Read what EFF found and see their map, here. Carousel image: screenshot from EFF's story.
FTC settles charges against Epic Marketplace over “history sniffing” to collect data from consumers
From the FTC's press release: An online advertising company agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used “history sniffing” to secretly and illegally gather data from millions of consumers about their interest in sensitive medical and financial issues ranging from fertility and incontinence to debt relief and personal bankruptcy. The FTC settlement order bars the company, Epic Marketplace Inc., from continuing to use history sniffing technology, which allows online operators to “sniff” a browser to see what sites consumers have visited in the past. It also bars future misrepresentations by Epic and requires the company to destroy information that it gathered ...
Twitter in legal spat with Aussie entrepreneur over data clampdown
Gerry Shih reports: Jodee Rich, the Australian entrepreneur who founded the now defunct telco One.Tel, has won a court order granting him continued access to Twitter's entire data stream for his analytics firm PeopleBrowsr. The ruling comes as Twitter tightens its grip over the 140-character messages on its network, sparking debate in Silicon Valley over whether a social media company should or should not lay claim over its user-generated content. Read more on The Age. Don't we have enough privacy problems without anyone and their brother being able to buy the entire stream and analyze, store it it, sell it, or throw it back in ...
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Warrantless Surveillance 101: Introducing EFF’s New NSA Domestic Spying Guide
Mark M. Jaycox and Trevor Timm write: On December 14th, EFF is back in federal court challenging the NSA’s domestic spying program in our long-running case Jewel v. NSA. In anticipation of our court appearance, we’ve launched a new section of our website to give everyone a clear understanding how the NSA warrantless wiretapping program works and... [Read more of this story]
Patriot Act can ‘obtain’ data in Europe, researchers say
Zack Whittaker reports on a story that I mentioned on PHIprivacy.net about how the Dutch are concerned that the U.S. government will be able to access Dutch patients’ medical records because the firm developing the records system is a U.S. firm with a branch in Europe. Read Zack’s more in-depth coverage of the research and legal analysis... [Read more of this story]
Newly Released Drone Records Reveal Extensive Military Flights in US
Jennifer Lynch writes: Today EFF posted several thousand pages of new drone license records and a new map that tracks the location of drone flights across the United States. These records, received as a result of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), come from state and local law enforcement... [Read more of this story]
FTC settles charges against Epic Marketplace over “history sniffing” to collect data from consumers
From the FTC’s press release: An online advertising company agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used “history sniffing” to secretly and illegally gather data from millions of consumers about their interest in sensitive medical and financial issues ranging from fertility and incontinence to debt relief and personal bankruptcy. The... [Read more of this story]
Twitter in legal spat with Aussie entrepreneur over data clampdown
Gerry Shih reports: Jodee Rich, the Australian entrepreneur who founded the now defunct telco One.Tel, has won a court order granting him continued access to Twitter’s entire data stream for his analytics firm PeopleBrowsr. The ruling comes as Twitter tightens its grip over the 140-character messages on its network, sparking debate in Silicon... [Read more of this story]
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