News & Commentary
New Technology Blurs Surveillance and Privacy
The ACLU of Northern California has written extensively about the privacy and free speech implications of video surveillance.
Judge's Internet Snafu Highlights Accidental Data Sharing Risks
Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has been thrust into the media spotlight after his own private collection of photographs and videos was accidentally made available on the Internet.
RFID Bill Passes Assembly Judiciary Committee 10-0
SB 31 overwhelmingly passed the California Assembly Judiciary Committee on June 10 by a vote of 10-0.
The Spy In Your Pocket
What do your cell phone and the current trial of twenty-six Americans, many of them CIA agents, in an Italian court for the 2003 kidnapping of Muslim cleric Abu Omar have to do with each other?
Is Your Picture Worth a Thousand Ads?
We have written numerous posts discussing how companies want to know who you are, what you do, and where you go online because this information can translate into big advertising revenue. Your photos may be the new frontier.
Cable Company Trades Customers' Privacy for Profit
Charter Communications, one of the nation's largest cable Internet providers, plans to begin monitoring the online activities of its high- speed Internet customers and then sell the data for targeted advertising.
Group Letter Urging Google to Give Privacy Its Rightful Place on the Homepage
A coalition of privacy and consumer organizations from California to Washington, D.C. have sent a letter today urging Google to post a prominent link on its homepage to its privacy policy in accordance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act (OPPA) and the widespread practice of commercial web sites.
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