OfficeMax Letter Revisited: What Could A Lawyer Do For Mr. Seay?
Cross-posted from Forbes. Mike Seay wants to know why he received a letter from OfficeMax OfficeMax that referred to the death of his daughter on the front of…
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Don’t Close Your Eyes to Surveillance Dangers: A Response to Richard Epstein
Richard Epstein’s office at the Hoover Institution is less than a mile from mine at Stanford Law School, and I’ve had the pleasure to hear Richard speak to the…
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Former Bush Officials Knock RNC Call to End NSA Surveillance
""Were we really expected to believe that all these provisions allow the government to collect in bulk the telephone records — as well as Internet rec…
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NSA phone records program aids investigations, defenders say
"The collection of so much data diverts the attention of investigators from real terrorism plots, said Michelle Richardson, legislative counsel with the Am…
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Cell phone tracking technology outpacing public policy in Minnesota
""Because of the sheer number of innocent people whose records are affected, we think it is important that law enforcement agents obtain a warrant bas…
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Lawmakers tackle privacy concerns with new technology
""Tracking someone's movements can reveal trips to the psychiatrist, the plastic surgeon, the abortion clinic, the age treatment clinic, the strip…
Anupam Chander - Surveillance Along the Electronic Silk Road: China and the United States
View the video: http://youtu.be/EOwFf_aOpe0 Surveillance Along the Electronic Silk Road: China and the United States Lunch time talk with Anupam Chander 1.28.2…
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Amid an Anti-RSA Boycott, a Rival Security Conference Rise
"Christopher Soghoian of the ACLU agreed to give a joint talk with Marcia Hofmann, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation." * Date Publ…
Atrocious Privacy Invasion: Non-Consensual Videotaping of Sex Indicted in NY
Cross-posted from Concurring Opinions. Criminalizing privacy invasions has a long history. In their ground-break article The Right to Privacy published in 1890…
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Told Ya So: NSA's Collection Of Metadata Is Screamingly Illegal
Yesterday's report from the independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, or PCLOB, confirms what Christopher Sprigman and I said back in June of…
Told Ya So: NSA's Collection Of Metadata Is Screamingly Illegal
This post is coauthored by Christopher Sprigman. We told you so. This week’s report from the independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, or PCLOB…
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Government spying affects all of us
""When you talk about privacy from government surveillance, it's actually not just about you," said Catherine Crump, an attorney with the Ame…