MORE ON: privacy rights

Daily Report: Money and Politics

State steps up enforcement of digital privacy protections

November 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
A handful of mobile app makers that defied an order from state Attorney General Kamala Harris to post a written privacy policy can expect enforcement actions to be filed against them as early as next week. Several companies might face sanctions after Harris sent warning letters in late October... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Homeland Security office OKs efforts to monitor threats via social media

November 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
A little-known privacy office in the Department of Homeland Security has given its stamp of approval to an ongoing initiative aimed at monitoring social media sites for emerging threats. Congress created the department’s privacy office in 2003 to review major initiatives and databases... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

SF supervisor seeks more privacy for Clipper card users

October 25, 2012, 12:05 AM
San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos has introduced a resolution urging the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and state Legislature to strengthen privacy protections for Clipper card users. The transportation commission, which administers the transit card, also has begun re-examining why... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

DEA installs license-plate recognition devices near Southwest border

July 11, 2012, 12:05 AM
In their unending battle to deter illegal immigration, drug trafficking and terrorism, U.S. authorities already have beefed up border security with drug-sniffing dogs, aircraft  and thousands more agents manning interior checkpoints. Now, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

State bill would restrict data from license-plate scanners

March 20, 2012, 12:05 AM
A state lawmaker representing Silicon Valley wants to rein in a cutting-edge law enforcement technology that enables police to stockpile digital personal information on motorists and build a portrait of their whereabouts. Agencies across the nation are swiftly adopting the use of license-... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Increasing use of facial recognition software spurs privacy concerns

February 6, 2012, 12:05 AM
When several armed robberies occurred recently in Lancaster, Calif., police had little of use on the two suspects. Then, a reliable image of one suspect turned up from a surveillance camera. In years past, that still might not have been enough for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

ACLU: Police use of digital surveillance 'shrouded in secrecy'

August 19, 2011, 12:05 AM
Law enforcement efforts to obtain cell phone location data and Internet records have prompted privacy rights advocates to launch a nationwide investigation. This month, the American Civil Liberties Union of California filed Freedom of Information Act requests asking more than 50 police agencies to... + read more
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