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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Before and After the USA PATRIOT Act, from the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, June 2003 (via Secrecy News). “…care must be taken to ensure that the new tools provided by Congress in the USA PATRIOT Act are employed within the constraints of the Constitution. The Supreme Court has said “the police …
FTC Outlines Steps to Assist Identity Theft Victims. Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on Identity Theft: Prevention and Victim Assistance, Presented by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee of the Financial Services Committee, United States House of Representatives, June 24, 2003.
From this AP article: “The nation’s librarians, set back by a Supreme Court ruling upholding requirements for Internet filters to block p*****graphy, plan to step up pressure on software vendors to disclose more about how their products work.” Related articles worth a look: Questions and Answers on Web Filtering and this EFF webpage on Examples …
According to Declan McCullagh’s News.com article, Sen. Ron Wyden continues to shine a spotlight on the Pentagon’s TIA surveillance program as he relentlessly pursues the answers to specific questions regarding “the project’s scope, its implications for privacy and civil liberties, and which private-sector and government databases would be linked into the system.” Sen. Wyden’s June …
New Annenberg Report Examines Americans Understanding of Online Privacy – “Do Americans understand the purpose on internet privacy policies? Do they know how websites use information about them? Do they trust government to protect their personal information?” Press release The report, 37 pages in pdf, Americans and Online Privacy, The System is Broken, A Report …
Major Information Brokers Face Class Action for Invasion of Privacy. Class actions lawsuits filed May 30, 2003 in U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida W. Palm Beach. docket in 03-CV-80490, Levine v. ChoicePoint, Inc. et al docket in 03-CV-80491, Levine v. Reed Elsevier, Inc. Docket sheets courtesy of CourtExpress.com
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Online Policy Group (OPG) yesterday announced the release of their joint report, Internet Blocking in Public Schools, A Study on Internet Access in Educational Institutions. “The study found that blocking software overblocked state-mandated curriculum topics extensively — for every web page correctly blocked as advertised, one or more …
Microsoft’s press release: Microsoft Hires Peter Cullen as Chief Privacy Strategist – Internationally Recognized Privacy Industry Leader Brings Extensive Consumer Protection Experience to Microsoft. See also Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft White Paper, October 2002, and One year on, is Microsoft ‘trustworthy’?
American Libraries Online has an interesting article on AG Ashcroft’s June 19 presentation at the Aspen Institute Journalism and Homeland Security conference. Ashcroft is quoted as stating the following: “The Patriot Act simply does not allow federal law enforcement free or unfettered access to local libraries, bookstores, or other businesses…We need the help of the …
In a 6 to 3 decision (56 pages, pdf) released today in United States v. American Library Association (02-361), the Supreme Court ruled that the Children’s Internet Protection Act does not violate the First Amendment, and Congress can thereby require the use of Internet filters by public libraries receiving federal funds. See also: My related …
H.R. 2517 (introduced June 19 by Rep. Lamar Smith), the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2003, to enhance criminal enforcement of the copyright laws, educate the public about the application of copyright law to the Internet, and clarify the authority to seize unauthorized copyrighted works. In the bill language is the following statement: Trafficking …
From the June 19 Meeting of the DOJ Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (TAPAC): Statement of Jay Stanley, Communications Director, Technology and Liberty Program, ACLU, on Terrorist Information Awareness.
