Tracking Human Mobility
By: Peter Thompson A recent study shows that individuals can be identified through their mobile phone location with only basic use (i.e. non-Smartphone basic use). By tracking human mobility,…
Tories restrict online data mining, but not for social media
By: Brittni Reaser The Canadian Government is restricting the data that is gathered when its citizens access government websites. The Privacy Commissioner has been raising concerns about data mining for…
The end of a controversed Canadian “government-spying” bill
By: Michel Leclerc The recent debate over the Canadian “Bill C-30” shows us how fierce the discussions surrounding governmental data mining can be. This bill, also known as the “Protecting…
Privacy and Law Enforcement
By: Matt Rotbart Our reading on privacy and law enforcement focused on the tension between privacy and security and the roles of the Fourth and Fifth amendments. Among other things, we…
The Cold Stare of Justice: How Automatic License Plate Readers Chill Activity
By: Stephen Elkind When we are observed, we modify our behavior. Indeed, “merely hanging up posters of staring human eyes is enough to significantly change people’s behavior.” When you…
Stop and Frisk in NYC
By: Christopher Clark http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/nyregion/police-perspective-to-be-presented-at-trial-on-stop-and-frisk-tactic.html?hp&_r=0: This article is about New York’s “Stop and Frisk” police policy. The police and others contend the policy is permissible because it is done when only…
CIA and NSA May Soon Gain Access to FinCEN
By Kenneth Alan Agee Soon US spy agencies may have access to a large database of financial data, which includes a vast amount of US citizens’ financial data. Earlier this…
A critical case to balance Privacy and Law Enforcement Activities
By Lina Enriquez Under the umbrella of the Privacy Act (1974), a provision expressed in 42 USC § 14135(a) allows agencies of the U.S. that arrest or detain or…
Federal Court Strikes Down National Security Letter Statute
By: Matt Zimmerman On Friday, the federal district court for the Northern District of California released a 24-page opinion in which it struck down a national security letter (NSL) statute…
Court Challenge to Scope of FTC Authority to Regulate Data Security
By: Jenna Small In what is being called “unprecedented litigation,” the FTC has sued Wyndham Worldwide Corporation in federal court, alleging violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act…