• Advocacy Groups Support Legislation to Halt Use of "High Stakes Testing" on Rhode Island Students

    Updated: 2012-02-08 21:43:00
    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 Racial Justice Education Advocacy Groups Support Legislation to Halt Use of High Stakes Testing on Rhode Island Students E-mail Share X Bookmark Share Facebook Twitter Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink Print February 8, 2012 Advocacy Groups Support Legislation to Halt Use of High Stakes Testing on Rhode Island Students Make a Difference Your support helps the ACLU fight racial inequality and defend a broad range of civil . liberties Give Now FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org Today , a dozen

  • FBI: Anonymity implies terrorist

    Updated: 2012-02-08 21:07:46
    The FBI in conjunction with the Bureau of Justice Assistance and Joint Regional Intelligence Center have produced a number of fliers to help the public identify possible terrorists. While some of the points have merit, it is very likely that this will generate an extremely high proportion of false alerts based on perfectly reasonable and [...]

  • Jornadas: ‘Tecnopolítica y democracia de red’

    Updated: 2012-02-07 22:20:37
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  • ACLU Appears in Court to Challenge Alaska Policy on Correcting Sex on Driver's Licenses for Transgender People

    Updated: 2012-02-07 22:05:00
    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 Defending Targets of Discrimination ACLU Appears in Court to Challenge Alaska Policy on Correcting Sex on Driver's Licenses for Transgender People E-mail Share X Bookmark Share Facebook Twitter Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink Print February 7, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org Make a Difference Your support helps the ACLU defend LGBT rights and a broad range of civil . liberties Give Now ANCHORAGE , AK The American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm Perkins Coie appeared in Alaska

  • Federal Appeals Court Says California Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional

    Updated: 2012-02-07 18:14:00
    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 Defending Targets of Discrimination LGBT Relationships Federal Appeals Court Says California Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional E-mail Share X Bookmark Share Facebook Twitter Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink Print Federal Appeals Court Says California Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional February 7, 2012 ACLU Hails Landmark Decision and Urges Efforts in Other States to Ensure Success on Appeal Make a Difference Your support helps the ACLU defend LGBT rights and a broad range of civil . liberties Give Now FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

  • AT&T to cap users Internet access, impose fees for too much information | The Raw Story

    Updated: 2012-02-07 13:49:52
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  • “I ♥BOOBIES” Protected First Amendment Speech

    Updated: 2012-02-06 05:00:00
    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 I BOOBIES Protected First Amendment Speech E-mail Share X Bookmark Share Facebook Twitter Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink Print February 6, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org Make a Difference Your support helps the ACLU defend free speech and a broad range of civil . liberties Give Now Indianapolis A student wishing to express his support for breast cancer awareness will take on his school corporation in a lawsuit filed today by the American Civil

  • Passage of Anti-Bullying Bill Long Overdue

    Updated: 2012-02-03 05:00:00
    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 Defending Targets of Discrimination Passage of Anti-Bullying Bill Long Overdue E-mail Share X Bookmark Share Facebook Twitter Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink Print February 3, 2012 State and Federal Officials Can Do More to Prevent Discrimination Against LGBT Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org CLEVELAND On February 2, 2012, Governor John Kasich signed House Bill 116, also known as the Jessica Logan Act , into law . The bill requires anti-bullying policies be extended to school buses ,

  • North Carolinians Struck From Capital Juries Because of Race Speak Out in Favor of Racial Justice Act

    Updated: 2012-02-02 05:22:00
    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 North Carolinians Struck From Capital Juries Because of Race Speak Out in Favor of Racial Justice Act E-mail Share X Bookmark Share Facebook Twitter Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink Print February 2, 2012 ACLU Video Highlights Three Jurors Who Say Racial Justice Act Needed to Prevent Discrimination Make a Difference Your support helps the ACLU oppose capital punishment and defend a broad range of civil . liberties Give Now FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org FAYETEVILLE ,

  • NYPD Document: Gather Intel Info At Shiite Mosques (Associated Press)

    Updated: 2012-02-02 05:00:00
    : 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 Spy Files NYPD Document : Gather Intel Info At Shiite Mosques Associated Press E-mail Share X Bookmark Share Facebook Twitter Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink Print February 2, 2012 A New York Police Department document recommended targeting dozens of Shiite Muslim mosques from Pennsylvania to Connecticut for surveillance in a search for possible Iranian terrorists , though no evidence of such a threat existed . nbsp The recommendation to target groups based solely on their religion , and previous reports of NYPD

  • ACLU Warns NC About General Assembly’s Use of Sectarian Prayers to Open Meetings

    Updated: 2012-02-02 05:00:00
    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 The Public Square ACLU Warns NC About General Assembly's Use of Sectarian Prayers to Open Meetings E-mail Share X Bookmark Share Facebook Twitter Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink Print February 2, 2012 Federal Appeals Court Recently Affirmed that Any Prayers Used in a Government Setting Must be Nonsectarian and Cannot Endorse One Particular Religion Over Others Make a Difference Your support helps the ACLU defend religious freedom and a broad range of civil . liberties Give Now FOR IMMEDIATE

  • Prosecutorial Oversight: A National Dialogue in the Wake of Connick v. Thompson

    Updated: 2012-01-26 20:44:00
    : . 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 Safe Communities , Fair Sentences Prosecutorial Oversight : A National Dialogue in the Wake of Connick v . Thompson E-mail Share X Bookmark Share Facebook Twitter Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink Print Join us for the first stop of a national tour to address the issue of prosecutorial oversight in the wake of the U.S . Supreme Court's decision in Connick v . Thompson which granted prosecutors almost complete immunity for their intentional misconduct . Panelists from all aspects of the criminal justice system will

  • ACLU, Seventeen-Year-Old Sue to Stop Unconstitutional Age Restrictions on Political Contributions

    Updated: 2012-01-26 19:48:00
    , 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 Defending Targets of Discrimination ACLU , Seventeen-Year-Old Sue to Stop Unconstitutional Age Restrictions on Political Contributions E-mail Share X Bookmark Share Facebook Twitter Google Delicious Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Current Permalink Print January 26, 2012 Florida Law Limits Donations by Minors to 100 but Adults And Corporations Can Donate up to 500 per Election Make a Difference Your support helps the ACLU defend free speech and a broad range of civil . liberties Give Now FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT : 212 549-2666 media aclu.org

  • US Supreme Court Justice reconsiders "third party doctrine"

    Updated: 2012-01-23 21:47:00
    : 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 Monday , January 23, 2012 US Supreme Court Justice reconsiders third party doctrine I linked earlier today to the important case of US v Jones US Supreme Court says cops need a warrant to GPS track a vehicle It's an important case , but I think it is worth noting Justice Sotomayor calls the third party doctrine into question . It is an aside and not the opinion of the Court , but hopefully is the first of many reconsiderations of this deplorable and outdated legal theory that states you lose any expectation

  • US Supreme Court says cops need a warrant to GPS track a vehicle

    Updated: 2012-01-23 17:13:00
    : 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 Monday , January 23, 2012 US Supreme Court says cops need a warrant to GPS track a vehicle The US Supreme Court has just released its unanimous decision in US v Jones PDF in which the Court held that law enforcement need either a warrant or the owner's permission to attach a GPS tracking device on a vehicle . This is an important decision and the fact that it was unanimous is encouraging . See also : High Court Warrant Needed for GPS Tracking NYTimes.com Posted by David Fraser at 1 23 2012 01:13:00 PM Email

  • Ontario recognizes tort of invasion of privacy

    Updated: 2012-01-18 17:10:00
    : 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 Wednesday , January 18, 2012 Ontario recognizes tort of invasion of privacy A unanimous panel of the Ontario Court of Appeal has just released its decision in Jones v Tsige , 2012 ONCA 32. The court has recognized that there is a tort of invasion of privacy in Ontario . The decision can be found here : Jones v . Tsige , 2012 ONCA 32 but here is the gist of the : tort 2. Defining the tort of intrusion upon seclusion a Introduction 65 In my view , it is appropriate for this court to confirm the existence of a

  • Police coming up empty with justification for "lawful access"

    Updated: 2012-01-18 04:54:00
    : 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 Wednesday , January 18, 2012 Police coming up empty with justification for lawful access Perhaps not surprising to those who have covered this issue for the past number of years , the special interest groups representing law enforcement are scrambling to come up with examples of why lawful access is necessary and their inquiries are drawing blanks . Check it out : Police : No good examples’ of why we need Lawful Access Jesse Brown Macleans.ca and Police scrambling’ to justify lawful access laws FP Tech Desk

  • Check Out The New GeoVision GV LX4C3D1 Four Channel Compact DVR

    Updated: 2012-01-18 03:48:14
    GeoVision just released their new line of compact DVR’s that accept analog CCTV cameras, and have all the features of a GeoVision DVR when connected to the recently updated Center V2 Central Monitoring Software v8.5. The GeoVision GV LX4C3D1 Four Channel Compact DVR is a small format, 4 camera digital video recorder that will let [...]

  • The Windows Breaker Password Cracking Utility Breaks ANY Password

    Updated: 2012-01-12 11:48:14
    The Windows Breaker Password Cracking Utility breaks any PC Password. One thing that is guaranteed, your employees are surfing the web, shopping, watching dirty movies, and doing many things you do not want them to do. Another is that many employees put a password on the computer you are letting them use. It’s not theirs, [...]

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