Sunday, January 24, 2010
You Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching You
Value of bus cameras blurred
"Bus drivers deserve to have their safety protected. But at least one expert says installing cameras on buses isn't the way to do it..."

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
As Long AS You Haven't Done Anything Wrong, pt.4
FBI got 2,000 phone records with fake terrorism emergencies
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation used false terrorism emergencies to illegally collect more than 2,000 phone records between 2002 and 2006. A series of e-mails and memos obtained by The Washington Post details how FBI officials violated their own procedures and strained their communication analysis unit with non-urgent requests. In many instances, approval was granted after records had been collected to justify the FBI’s actions."

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Sunday, January 17, 2010
EDPS Sees Advantages of New Agency, but Urges the Legislator to Better Define its Scope of Activities
"The creation of an Agency for such large-scale databases must be based on legislation which is unambiguous about the competences and the scope of activities of the Agency. Such clarity would prevent any future misunderstanding about the conduct of the agency and avoid the risk of function creep. As currently drafted, the proposals do not meet those standards."

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