American Civil Liberties Union Because freedom can't protect . itself Key Issues Take Action Videos+ About Us Donate Make A Gift Join Become A Member Renew Your Membership Monthly Giving Other Ways To Give SKIP NAVIGATION Join Renew Home Keep America Safe Free ACLU Tells Supreme Court FISA Surveillance Law is Unconstitutional Share Print Email Facebook Twitter Share Bookmark Share X Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink October 29, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org WASHINGTON The Supreme Court heard arguments today in Clapper v . Amnesty International , to decide whether clients of the American Civil Liberties Union can challenge the constitutionality of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance . Act The Foreign Intelligence
: , Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Saturday , October 27, 2012 Despite police chiefs' representations , lawful access is irretrievably broken If you’re a regular reader of this blog , you’ll know that I’m not a fan of Bill C-30. At all . My most acute concern relates to warrantless access to the names and addresses of customers of telecommunications service providers . Reviewing the very interesting and thought-provoking materials of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police hasn’t changed my . mind This opposition isn’t based on the: Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Friday , October 26, 2012 Canadian police chiefs attempt to revive lawful access At a time when most observers say that Bill C-30, also known as the lawful access bill , is dead in the water , the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police have today come out swinging calling for its . revival In connection with this effort CACP have put together a strong collection of documents to put forward their position . Here's the media release pdf Police Confirm Canadians’ Top Five Fears About Lawful Access CACP Renews
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American Civil Liberties Union Because freedom can't protect . itself Key Issues Take Action Videos+ About Us Donate Make A Gift Join Become A Member Renew Your Membership Monthly Giving Other Ways To Give SKIP NAVIGATION Join Renew Home Keep America Safe Free ACLU of Maryland Launches Marriage in Maryland Fact-Check Website Share Print Email Facebook Twitter Share Bookmark Share X Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink October 26, 2012 Group Will Update Site to Counter Misinformation about the Civil Marriage Protection Act FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org BALTIMORE Today , the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland launched the Marriage in Maryland website to counter misinformation about what the Civil Marriage Protection Act
, American Civil Liberties Union Because freedom can't protect . itself Key Issues Take Action Videos+ About Us Donate Make A Gift Join Become A Member Renew Your Membership Monthly Giving Other Ways To Give SKIP NAVIGATION Join Renew Home Keep America Safe Free Censorship Border Agents Harass Americans Taking Pictures , Threaten to Smash Cameras Share Print Email Facebook Twitter Share Bookmark Share X Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink October 25, 2012 Unconstitutional Policy Stifles Free Speech Right to Document Abuses , Says San Diego ACLU FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org SAN DIEGO U.S . Customs and Border Protection's policy and practice of prohibiting the use of cameras and video recorders at or near U.S . ports of entry
American Civil Liberties Union Because freedom can't protect . itself Key Issues Take Action Videos+ About Us Donate Make A Gift Join Become A Member Renew Your Membership Monthly Giving Other Ways To Give SKIP NAVIGATION Join Renew Home Keep America Safe Free Voter Disfranchisement ACLU-TN Disappointed with State Appeals Court Ruling Upholding Photo ID Law Share Print Email Facebook Twitter Share Bookmark Share X Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink October 25, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org NASHVILLE The Court of Appeals of Tennessee today ruled that State and Shelby county election officials must accept City of Memphis library cards that include a photograph as sufficient identification to vote under Tennessee's newAmerican Civil Liberties Union Because freedom can't protect . itself Key Issues Take Action Videos+ About Us Donate Make A Gift Join Become A Member Renew Your Membership Monthly Giving Other Ways To Give SKIP NAVIGATION Join Renew Home Keep America Safe Free ACLU in Supreme Court Monday for Challenge to NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Law Share Print Email Facebook Twitter Share Bookmark Share X Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink October 25, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org NEW YORK The U.S . Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union have the right to challenge the constitutionality of the law that authorizes the National Security Agency to conductAmerican Civil Liberties Union Because freedom can't protect . itself Key Issues Take Action Videos+ About Us Donate Make A Gift Join Become A Member Renew Your Membership Monthly Giving Other Ways To Give SKIP NAVIGATION Join Renew Home Free Speech Right to Protest Freedom of Speech Upheld in Escondido Share Print Email Facebook Twitter Share Bookmark Share X Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink October 25, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org The City of Escondido agreed to uphold the First Amendment right of individuals to protest and record the Escondido Police Department's controversial traffic checkpoint program , in a settlement filed today in federal . court The settlement concludes part of a case filed earlier this year
American Civil Liberties Union Because freedom can't protect . itself Key Issues Take Action Videos+ About Us Donate Make A Gift Join Become A Member Renew Your Membership Monthly Giving Other Ways To Give SKIP NAVIGATION Join Renew Home Keep America Safe Free Internet Privacy ACLU EFF in Appeals Court Friday Fighting Secrecy Ruling in Twitter WikiLeaks Case Share Print Email Facebook Twitter Share Bookmark Share X Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink October 25, 2012 Appeal Aims to Unseal Secret Orders to Other Internet Companies FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org RICHMOND , Va . The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation will be in federal appeals court Friday arguing that government efforts to: Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Thursday , October 25, 2012 Supreme Court will hear Alberta case on constitutionality of privacy legislation The Supreme Court of Canada has just granted leave to appeal United Food and Commercial Workers , Local 401 v Alberta Attorney General In this case , among other things , the Alberta Court of Appeal found that portions of Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act were unconstitutional as it does not take into account freedom of expression guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and . Freedoms I've
American Civil Liberties Union Because freedom can't protect . itself Key Issues Take Action Videos+ About Us Donate Make A Gift Join Become A Member Renew Your Membership Monthly Giving Other Ways To Give SKIP NAVIGATION Join Renew Home Religion Belief Free Exercise of Religion Kentucky Supreme Court Upholds Convictions in Amish Buggy Dispute Share Print Email Facebook Twitter Share Bookmark Share X Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink October 25, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org FRANKFORT , KY Today the Kentucky Supreme Court in a divided vote upheld the convictions of nine members of a conservative Amish sect on the basis that the Kentucky Constitution does not protect individuals' right to exercise religious belief: Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Tuesday , October 23, 2012 Bill C-12, PIPEDA amendments referred to committee see correction It appears that Bill C-12 is being dusted off and will be sent to committee : Order Paper and Notice Paper No . 167 C-12 September 29, 2011 The Minister of Industry and Minister of State Agriculture Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Industry , Science and Technology of Bill C-12 An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act Correction : Apparently it has not: Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Tuesday , October 23, 2012 Managing and responding to data breaches This morning I had the pleasure of speaking at the High Technology Investigation Association Atlantic Chapter annual professional development event . I was asked to speak about managing and responding to data breaches , particularly in light of the upcoming data breach notification requirements expected to be added to PIPEDA under Bill C-12 currently languishing in Parliament Here's the presentation for anyone who may be interested : Posted: Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Friday , October 19, 2012 Discussions about online bullying and harassment The tragic story of Amanda Todd , a Victoria-area teenager who took her own life after a long period of being stalked and extorted by an adult and bullied by her peers , has placed a renewed focus on online bullying in . Canada Over the past week , I've contributed to a number of discussions on the topic , including the : following Catching Cyberbullies Day 6 with Brent Bambury CBC Radio In the wake of Amanda Todd's suicide , cries for: Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Friday , October 19, 2012 Supreme Court of Canada finds reasonable expectation of privacy in work-issued laptop The Supreme Court of Canada just released its decision in R v Cole , 2012 SCC 53 in which a majority of justices of the Court held that a teacher at a school had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of his work-issued laptop . Nevertheless , evidence of child pornography found on it by the school , which was then given to the police , was found to be admissible evidence . This is: Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Thursday , October 11, 2012 Canadian internet surveillance bill dying in Parliament John Ibbitson writes in the Globe Mail that Bill C-30 isn't just dying , it's pretty well dead . It hasn't gone to committee , it hasn't gone anywhere . It's just silently decaying on the order paper . Let me be among the first to throw a shovel of dirt on its grave . Here's Ibbiton's opinion piece : John Ibbitson : The quiet death of the Internet surveillance bill The Globe and Mail What Parliament isn’t debating can be as: Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Friday , October 05, 2012 Canadian IT Law Association annual conference coming up All Canadian privacy and nerd-law types take : note The Sixteenth Annual Canadian Information Technology Law Association IT.CAN” Conference will be held in Montreal , QC , October 29-30, 2012. For the full conference brochure including registration details , visit the association's website at www.it-can.ca If you have any questions about the program please contact Lisa Ptack , IT.CAN Executive Director at lisa.ptack rogers.com .: , Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Thursday , October 04, 2012 Libraries , privacy law and dealing with law enforcement requests for patron information I was recently invited by a group of regional librarians in Nova Scotia to speak with them about libraries , privacy law and dealing with law enforcement requests for patron information . While it's a pretty narrow niche , here's my presentation in case you're interested Update 2012-10-05 In Nova Scotia , public libraries are public bodies governed either by the Freedom of Information and: Canadian Privacy Law Blog The Canadian Privacy Law Blog : Developments in privacy law and writings of a Canadian privacy lawyer , containing information related to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act aka PIPEDA and other Canadian and international . laws Thursday , October 04, 2012 Privacy Commissioner tables annual public sector privacy report The Privacy Commissioner of Canada tabled her annual report to Parliament on the Privacy Act , highlighting many challenges with the protection , use and disclosure of personal information in the federal public sector . Here's the media release with links to the report : News Release : Privacy Commissioner highlights need for better protection of personal information by federal departments and agencies October 4, 2012