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23 Mar 2009, 4:51 pm
Major report out this morning commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust in Britain taking the Brown government to task not merely for the dubious policy choices involved in the extension of many public sector surveillance and record-keeping databases but for their very illegality. [read post]
They urged the government to stop surveillance for political purposes and other actions in breach of international law. [read post]
15 Jun 2016, 9:31 am by Shahid Buttar
" My colleague Adam Schwartz, who lives in Santa Clara County, spoke in support of the ordinance before the county Board, noting that: Each new government surveillance technology raises a thicket of difficult questions. [read post]
9 May 2015, 7:20 pm by Andrew Crocker
In legal challenges to mass surveillance, the government routinely argues that even if it is collecting the contents and/or metadata of individuals’ communications, these individuals do not have standing to challenge the government’s actions because they are not harmed by mere collection, as opposed to government search or review of the records. [read post]
7 Nov 2013, 6:03 am by Dave Maass
"It was not intended to authorize the dragnet surveillance the NSA has undertaken. [read post]
30 Aug 2016, 3:44 pm by Annie Edmundson
Unfortunately, some of the more prominent surveillance states are also some of the least avoidable countries. [read post]
At the ACLU we’ve warned regularly about the dangers of our gigantic national security establishment — whether in calling for increased oversight, fixes for runaway government secrecy, in our report on the emerging public-private “Surveillance-Industrial Complex,” and in many other places. [read post]
5 Feb 2025, 2:49 am by Rob Robinson
As companies navigate these sweeping changes, the Act’s phased rollout will continue shaping AI governance worldwide. [read post]
3 Feb 2009, 1:17 pm


 In the wake of yet another long running salmonella investigation – this time linked to peanut butter – the Seattle-based food safety lawyer said he believes there is more than enough proof that federal and state governments need to increase their investment in foodborne illness surveillance. [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 2:21 pm by Sandy Levinson
   So, the editorial suggests, we really shouldn't take seriously the protests about NSA surveillance of ostensibly "friendly" foreign governments. [read post]
1 Mar 2019, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
  Fourth, concerning plaintiffs’ claims that Agent Defendants and Government Defendants violated RFRA by substantially burdening plaintiffs’ exercise of religion, and did so without a compelling government interest without the least restrictive means, the panel held that it was not clearly established in 2006 or 2007 that defendants’ covert surveillance violated plaintiffs’ freedom of religion protected by RFRA. [read post]
16 Jan 2013, 1:05 pm by Robert Hambrick
And it's important to know when electronic surveillance with GPS, video or audio is unlawful.The Government has tried harsh mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses which have not only failed to curtail addiction and abuse, but have ruined many more lives than the drugs. [read post]
14 Nov 2012, 6:16 am by Rachel, Law Clerk
Rob Ford’s lawyer tells court defamation suit based on ‘non-starter’ theory from restaurant owner Who knew the key to stopping the Surveillance State was to just wait until it got so big that it ate itself via Trevor Timm FBI's abuse of the surveillance state is the real scandal needing investigation | Glenn Greenwald Man dies after Vancouver police use Taser - British Columbia - CBC News Coroner rejects bid to narrow scope of Ashley Smith inquest … [read post]
It's called the Internet of Things, and it's just the beginning of our surveillance future. [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 10:02 am by Andrew Crocker
The text of ProPublica's press release is below: ProPublica Motion Seeks Release of Court Rulings on NSA Spying ProPublica is filing a motion today in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court seeking the release of various court opinions that provide the judicial rationale for the federal government's secret collection of telephone metadata. [read post]
31 Jul 2024, 7:53 am by Karen Gullo
Journalists reporting on government corruption, protests, public dissent, and other issues states don't like can and do become targets for surveillance, location tracking, and private data collection. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 12:32 pm by Legal Talk Network
John Malcolm is vice president of the Institute for Constitutional Government for the Heritage Foundation, director of the Meese Center for Legal & Judicial Studies, and Senior Legal Fellow. [read post]
3 Apr 2024, 12:22 pm by Karen Gullo
In a landmark ruling for fundamental freedoms in Colombia, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that for over two decades the state government harassed, surveilled, and persecuted members of a lawyer’s group that defends human rights defenders, activists, and indigenous people, putting the attorneys’ lives at risk. [read post]