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Electronic Privacy

Automated License Plate Readers Threaten Our Privacy

Peter Bibring | Posted 05.07.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Electronic Privacy, Automated License Plate Readers, Privacy, Police Surveillance, Police, Lapd, Los Angeles News
Peter Bibring

Photographing a single license plate one time on a public city street may not seem problematic, but when that data is put into a database, combined with other scans of that same plate on other city streets, and stored forever, it can become very revealing.

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Stop Unreasonable Electronic Searches and Seizures

Christopher Calabrese | Posted 04.23.2013 | Technology
Read More: Aclu, Electronic Records, Electronic Privacy, Irs, Online Privacy, Privacy, Technology News
Christopher Calabrese

Just before Tax Day, a Freedom of Information Act request by the ACLU revealed that the Internal Revenue Service claimed the authority to read emails, instant messages, and text messages -- all without a warrant.

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A Fourth Amendment for the 21st Century

Julian Sanchez | Posted 01.28.2013 | Technology
Read More: Fourth Amendment, General Petraeus, Petraeus Scandal, David Petraeus Affair, David Petraeus, Online Surveillance, Google, Electronic Privacy, Technology News
Julian Sanchez

The resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus has thrown a spotlight on the FBI's sweeping power to sift through the most intimate details of our digital lives -- often with little or no judicial supervision.

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Election 2012 -- Privacy and Unfinished Business

Marc Rotenberg | Posted 01.07.2013 | Politics
Read More: 2012 Election, Freedom, Elections 2012, Surveillance, Obama, Electronic Privacy, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Privacy, Politics News
Marc Rotenberg

At the beginning of a second term for President Obama, it is time to move beyond the paranoid strategies for public safety that have dominated both Democratic and Republican presidencies.

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PATRIOT Act: Four More Years Will Worsen Government Secrecy

Sarah Berlin | Posted 08.30.2011 | Politics
Read More: Aclu, Freedom of Information Act, Civil Liberties, Electronic Privacy, Foia, Patriot Act, National Intelligence, Politics News
Sarah Berlin

If the thought of the government accessing your business or medical records, telephone calls and even your genetic information isn't scary enough, the most frightening aspect is that we don't know how the government actually interprets and applies Section 215.

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Are Privacy Groups Being Hyper-Sensitive Over Google Buzz

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Privacy Issue, Google, Business Practices, Social Networking, Privacy Expectations, Ftc, Privacy Information Center, Privacy Groups, Public Information, Change in Business, E Mail, Federal Wiretap Laws, Frenzy, Ecosystem, Buzz, Electronic Privacy, Google Inc, Privacy Concerns, Federal Trade Commission, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

Google Buzz is a week old and it has set the social networking ecosystem into a frenzy. Many opinions are polarized -- love it or hate it.

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Another Scary Government Program: the Government Gets to Seize Your Electronic Gear at the Border

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Illegal Search and Seizure, Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Intrusive Government, Privacy Invasions, Seizures, Invasions of Privacy, Invasion of Privacy, Electronic Data, Electronic Privacy, Privacy, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

There's no legal difference between looking through your backpack and seizing your electronic data in the US. This is the stuff of the Cold War Soviet Union, right? Or maybe a third world dictatorship?

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