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11 May 2016, 12:00 am by INFORRM
Would the UK have less guarantees of privacy, protection of personal data and checks on government surveillance were it to vote to leave the European Union? [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 11:39 pm by Michael Geist
The launch of Bill C-30, the online surveillance legislation dubbed the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, went about as expected with the government taken to task with big brother imagery ("Say Hello to Big Brother Government") and criticism over the lack of evidence ("Conservatives hew to common sense save for bizarre crime fixation"), the security threats ("Online surveillance bill will be ‘a gold… [read post]
11 Feb 2014, 5:55 am by aallwash
AALL believes the government has a responsibility to protect the privacy of library users and calls for effective oversight of those laws which expand surveillance on library users. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 5:18 pm
Our goal in this new case against the government, as in our case against AT&T, is to dismantle this dragnet surveillance program as soon as possible. [read post]
None have been charged with any criminal or terrorist activity, and because of the excessive secrecy of the government’s surveillance laws, the government doesn’t have to explain itself. [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 9:35 pm
From WashingtonPost.com: The Justice Department's inspector general yesterday announced an investigation into the department's connections to the government's controversial warrantless surveillance program, but officials said the probe will not examine whether the National Security Agency is violating the Constitution or... [read post]
31 Jan 2015, 12:16 am by Paul Caron
New American, Surveillance of the Right Is Not New: The IRS Scandal in Historical Perspective: The Obama administration’s ongoing coverup of the IRS scandal about targeting the Tea Party is not the first instance of the federal government persecuting the political Right with IRS audits. [read post]
7 Aug 2007, 9:34 pm
The new law allows the government to eavesdrop without a warrant on communications between Americans and people reasonably believed to... [read post]
11 Aug 2013, 5:09 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
From the Washington Post: President Obama said Friday he would pursue reforms to open the legal proceedings surrounding government surveillance programs to greater scrutiny, the administration’s most concerted response yet to a series of disclosures about secret monitoring efforts. [read post]
6 Oct 2017, 4:59 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
From Buzzfeed, via NACDL news scan: The intelligence division at the Treasury Department has repeatedly and systematically violated domestic surveillance laws by snooping on the private financial records of US citizens and companies, according to government sources. [read post]
22 Dec 2005, 1:28 pm
[JURIST] The presiding judge of the 11-member Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) [constituitive statute], the secret court charged with overseeing government espionage activities, has organized a classified briefing for panel members to allow administration representatives to report on the scope of the recently uncovered [JURIST report] National Security Agency (NSA) [official website [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 2:17 am by sally
Government surveillance has not kept up with sites like Twitter and Facebook, according to a former head of the UK’s intelligence centre GCHQ.” Full story BBC News, 24th April 2012 Source: www.bbc.co.uk [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 1:17 am
Source: Government Technology: Justice and Public Safety Technology News,   March 7, 2007. EFF Lawsuit Seeks Release of Secret Court Orders on Electronic Surveillance"Justice Department withholds records about purported changes to program. [read post]
29 Jul 2016, 6:27 am by Mary Mock
And, since the January 2015 attacks on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in Paris, the French government passed broad legislation that allows security forces to conduct greater surveillance French citizens. [read post]
11 Aug 2013, 7:09 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
From CNET: The U.S. government is quietly pressuring telecommunications providers to install eavesdropping technology deep inside companies' internal networks to facilitate surveillance efforts. [read post]
28 Jan 2011, 6:00 am by JA Hodnicki
Daniel Sokol David Charles Cousins, Monash University - Faculty of Law and Allan Fels, Australia and New Zealand School of Government address The Re-Emergence of Prices Surveillance. [read post]
16 Nov 2013, 5:36 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
FourthAmendment.com excerpts this article from The Atlantic: The Seattle Police Department did something amazing this week: After word got out that the department had created a citywide surveillance network without input from community members or a policy to govern the... [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 10:06 am by David J. Shestokas
In an age of NSA surveillance, secret courts issuing secret warrants, IRS officials allowing private data to be made public and more, it is important to take notice when the Supreme Court steps up and unanimously limits government intrusions in line with the intent of the Founders. [read post]
9 Oct 2017, 9:10 am by CrimProf BlogEditor
Here is the abstract: This article challenges government cybersurveillance norms and practices by introducing... [read post]