AP reports: A California judge ruled Monday that the names of 14 Planned Parenthood workers and others will remain sealed during the prosecution of two anti-abortion activists charged with secretly recording them. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Christopher Hite made the ruling despite the publication of the names on an [Read More…]
Allison Lewis reports: If you think clandestine DNA dragnets and secret databases are things of science fiction, I have some upsetting news. From the same law enforcement playbook that brought you stop-and-frisk comes the latest form of racial profiling and policing: the knock-and-spit. We’ve learned that NYPD officers are willing [Read More…]
Jillian Jorgensen reports: Advocacy groups will no longer recommend that undocumented immigrants get a municipal I.D. card if the city goes forward with plans to add a financial services smart-chip to them, several said Monday. They warned that the proposal presents massive security and privacy problems. Identities could be revealed, [Read More…]
Alissa Widman Neese reports; A report that rates states on how well their laws protect the privacy of student data ranks Ohio’s efforts among the weakest. Ohio finished in 40th place with a D-minus, and the only states that scored lower were those the report listed as not having approved [Read More…]