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As reported by EPIC, American Airlines Passenger Data Released In June 2002: “American authorized passenger names records (PNRs) held by its vendor, Airline Automation Inc., to be given directly to the TSA. Instead, AAI gave the data to four vendors.” Related postings on CAPPS II
From the World Privacy forum, this press release and letter (pdf) on behalf of a coalition of over two dozen privacy and advocacy groups, addressing Google’s new webmail service, Gmail, specific to the retention and repurposing of user data for e-commerce and law enforcement applications. Screenshots of Gmail from a beta tester, here and here.
The Michigan Electronic Medical Records Initiative (MEMRI) proposes to place online the medical records of state residents in an effort to increase the quality of care in medical emergencies. However, there are significant privacy issues associated with the online availability of patient medical profiles, including medication lists and social histories.
Press release today: ACLU Files First Nationwide Challenge to “No-Fly” List, Saying Government List Violates Passengers’ Rights. No-Fly List Resource page Link to 28 page complaint (pdf)
From today’s New York Times, an article on how the print version of the monthly Reason is using personal data on readers in coordination with satellite technology to create magazine covers that picture the neighborhoods of respective subscribers.
Googles Big Eyes are on Your E-mail Google E-Mail Ad Plans Raise Fears About Privacy Google Launches Limited Release of New E-Mail Service
See this press release from Privacy International on the development of a global biometric ID system by the International Civil Aviation Organization.
From Statewatch, April 1: “The European Parliament has passed a Resolution rejecting the draft Directive on “the obligation of carriers to communicate passenger data” and calling for it to be withdrawn. The Directive was put forward by the Spanish government last year and was radically altered by the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 30 …
Manuel Miranda, the former Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, resigned his position on February 23, 2004 subsequent to the furor that resulted in response to his involvement in unauthorized access to thousands of Democratic computer files from the Senate Judiciary Committee server. This Legal Times article provides background on Mr. Miranda’s past work …
A Selected Bibliography on the Freedom of Information Act, 1980-2004 Public Libraries and the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA): Legal Sources – Updated Metaforix@Health: Keeping Up With Health Trends Online Through E-Letters Notes from the Tech Trenches: Cost Effective Research Wisdom From the Grammar Goddess: Commas Many Agency Websites Play Hide and Seek With FOIA …
From UPI: “Acting chief of the Transportation Security Administration, David M. Stone told lawmakers that he would shortly appoint a special privacy officer and an external privacy oversight board to calm public fears about the Big Brother character of the agency’s computerized passenger threat profiling system. Press release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released a …
From the AHRB Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law based in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh, a new web-journal, SCRIPT-ed, which “will offer articles of up to 10,000 words in length containing detailed comment and analysis on the law/technology interface.” [Link from Marcus Zillman] SCRIPT-ed, Issue 1, …
