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    AP: Police Bypassed Subpoenas, Got Phone Data From Brokers

    Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

    Why should you be concerned about the aggregation and commercial availability of your personal information? Because you have little Constitutional protection from the state accessing such “third party” data, as this AP report makes all to clear:
    Numerous federal and local law enforcement agencies have bypassed subpoenas and warrants designed to protect civil liberties and gathered […]

    Hillary Clinton Calls for Privacy Bill of Rights

    Friday, June 16th, 2006

    My U.S. Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is calling for the creation of a “privacy bill of rights” to protect people’s personal data. From the AP wire:
    ”Modern life makes many things easier and many things easier to know, and yet privacy is somehow caught in the crosshairs of these changes,” Clinton said in a speech to […]

    The Twin Dangers of the National Surveillance State

    Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

    Please read Jack Balkin’s excellent post on the The Twin Dangers of the National Surveillance State:
    The twin dangers of national security displacing the criminal justice system and the criminal justice becoming increasingly like the national security system are consequences of technological change. Although the National Surveillance State arises from the changing nature of war, changes […]

    Iraqi Constitution Would Ban NSA Surveillance Program

    Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

    Jack Balkin points out that under the new Iraqi constitution (passed with the support of the Bush administration), the NSA spying program would be unconstitutional. According to Article 38:
    The freedom of communication, and mail, telegraphic, electronic, and telephonic correspondence, and other correspondence shall be guaranteed and may not be monitored, wiretapped or disclosed except for […]

    Gore to Speak About Domestic Spy Program

    Thursday, January 12th, 2006

    With end of semester craziness, the holidays, and the transition to this new website, I wasn’t able to blog about the revelations that the President authorized the NSA to engage in domestic surveillance without proper warrants. [See Bruce Schneier’s excellent analysis and collection of links if you’re searching for more commentary on the topic.] But […]

    Call to add privacy rights to Japan’s constitution

    Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005

    ComuterWorld reports that a senior legislator in Japan is calling for the addition of data privacy rights to the country’s constitution:
    An influential Japanese politician earlier this month called for the right to information privacy to be added to the country’s constitution. The collection, storage, use and transfer of personal information should be banned unless the […]