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Press release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T Tuesday, accusing the telecom giant of violating the law and the privacy of its customers by collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA) in its massive and illegal program to wiretap and data-mine Americans’ communications…In the lawsuit, EFF alleges that AT&T, in …
Legal Times (reg. free) Google Search – Google Goes Beyond Web-Based Democracy Related article, Prying Eyes, by Drew Clark, Technology Daily, January 30, 2006. Related postings: Google Resists Complying With DOJ Demand For Data to Shield Trade Secrets? and Date Set for DOJ v. Google Hearing
Baltimore Sun, January 29, 2006: “A program that was supposed to help the National Security Agency pluck out electronic data crucial to the nation’s safety is not up and running more than six years and $1.2 billion after it was launched, according to current and former government officials.”
New York Times editorial, January 29, 2006, Spies, Lies and Wiretaps: “A bit over a week ago, President Bush and his men promised to provide the legal, constitutional and moral justifications for the sort of warrantless spying on Americans that has been illegal for nearly 30 years. Instead, we got the familiar mix of political …
Follow-up to my November 24, 2005 posting, Advocacy Groups Petition FCC For Stay On Web Wiretapping Compliance, news from Declan McCullagh, News.com: “Universities, libraries and technology companies are asking a federal court to block controversial wiretap rules designed to facilitate police surveillance of the Internet.”
New York Times: Bush Presses On in Legal Defense for Wiretapping “Despite the administration’s arguments, many legal scholars both conservatives and liberals say they remain skeptical about Mr. Bush’s assertion that the Constitution and a September 2001 authorization to use military force provided legal justification for wiretapping phone calls and e-mail messages on …
Declan McCullagh reported that Judge James Ware, US District Court, Northern District of California, has calendered Gonzales v. Google, Inc. for February 27, 2006.
Press release: “The Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales seeking information relating to the Bush Administration’s domestic spying program in preparation for the panels Feb. 6 hearing on the program’s legality. The senators are seeking documents and correspondence from the days immediately following the Sept. …
Additional information related to Judiciary Chair Sends Questions to AG On Domestic Spying: Press release: “U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Russ Feingold sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter urging him to call on more current and former high level Bush Administration officials including former Attorney General John Ashcroft, Deputy Attorneys General …
FTC press release: “Consumer data broker ChoicePoint, Inc., which last year acknowledged that the personal financial records of more than 163,000 consumers in its database had been compromised, will pay $10 million in civil penalties and $5 million in consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its security and record-handling procedures violated consumers’ …
FDIC Safeguards Over Personal Employee Information, January 2006, Report No. 06-005 (60 pages, PDF): “The FDIC has a corporate wide program for protecting personal employee information, has appointed a Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) with responsibility for privacy and data protection policy, and is making efforts to enhance its privacy program in response to legislative requirements …
Press Conference of the President, January 26, 2006: “…Secondly, I said, before we do anything, I want to make sure it’s legal. And so we had our lawyers look at it — and as part of the debate, discussion with the American people as to the legality of the program. There’s no doubt in my …
