Council bosses in Cumbria can use Facebook to snoop on residents they suspect of committing an offence. New guidelines have been added to Cumbria County Council’s surveillance rule book on the issue and approved by leaders. The regulations allow county council staff to glean information from personal social media account pages [Read More…]
The Department of Homeland Security has again pushed back the deadline for when the federal government will stop accepting state ID cards that don’t meet the standards of the REAL ID Act of 2005 Announced Thursday morning, the new grace period extends the deadline for military bases and other federal [Read More…]
Kate Conger reports that news organizations have filed a FOIA lawsuit to obtain information on the still-secret purchase the FBI made to obtain information as to how to unlock Syed Farook’s phone. USA Today, the AP, and Vice requested information about the exploit the FBI purchased to unlock the phone under [Read More…]
Noah Feldman writes: Federal law is supposed to protect the privacy of your Social Security number from government inquiries — but apparently that doesn’t extend to a check on whether you’ve paid back taxes and child support. In a decision with worrying implications for those who oppose a single national [Read More…]