The current UCLA Law Review has three articles about privacy and civil liberties. (1) From Privacy To Liberty: The Fourth Amendment After Lawrence by Thomas P. Crocker, (2) Who Can Sue Over Government Surveillance? by Scott Michelman, and (3) The Right...
The Billings Gazette reports that the Montana legislature has rejected the creation of a prescription monitoring database for the second time in two years by tabling House Bill 267.
In 2007, the Montana Board of Crime Control received a $50,000 federal...
After much controversy for the UK government, the Home Secretary has announced it will curb some powers it had given to local councils under the 2000Â Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), reports the Guardian. RIPA powers “have been used...
Privacy Lives joins nine groups in submitting comments (1.1 MB pdf) to the Federal Trade Commission urging stronger consumer privacy protections. In September, the FTC announced it will hold public roundtables to “explore the privacy challenges...
Tel Aviv University announces a researcher’s recent article in Science (Children and Population Biobanks, which is behind a pay wall) concerning the privacy of children’s DNA. (In July, the Washington Post had a story on the privacy of newborn...