Archive for March, 2008

Private health data of 2,500 patients lost

Here we go again, another federal employee’s laptop stolen, this time including private health data of 2,500 patients.  Of course the kickers are; the National Institutes of Health sat on this information for a month and the data on the laptop *was not encrypted*, which is against their own regulations.  “Almost 2,500 patients taking part [...]

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How surveillance hurts free speech

EFF has a great writeup of a LAtimes article that covers why the fight against illegal wiretaps and surveillance is so important, and how it threatens our most basic right.
Going back to the ’20s, Sanchez reviews multiple occasions when authorities have used spying powers not to protect the country, but to further the political aims [...]

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Classified docs show telecoms don’t deserve immunity

Nice to see that others are coming to the same conclusion, after considering all the facts, that telecoms don’t deserve any immunity (retroactive or otherwise) in regards to their illegal wiretapping activities.
Classified documents and testimony about the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program show that it’s not necessary to grant retroactive immunity to telephone companies [...]

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