Several months ago I reported on the firing of a trio of high-ranking prison officials in connection with a series of sexual assaults in a Southwestern Pennsylvania prison. Few news agencies took up the story especially national ones. This was astounding given the nature of the charges: p... Read more...
The Dutch government is to “basically [...] exclude” U.S. cloud providers from government IT contracts amid concerns of the reach of the Patriot Act in Europe. To prevent sensitive citizen data from being compromised by U.S. authorities, the move to bar U.S. companies from providing cloud-bas... Read more...
It is hard to watch the news without being confronted with images and stories that disparage young black people again and again. From Philadelphia to Chicago to England, elected leaders and the media represent black youth as being engaged in uncontrollable behavior that necessitate legal interve... Read more...
With a quick search of your name on any given “peoplefinder” website, you’ll see your name, date of birth, names of family members, current and past addresses, your phone number and gender. Some sites will also reveal your marital status, your hobbies, your online profiles, and maps or a p... Read more...
The British government announced plans to modernize and reform U.K. copyright law following up on recommendations contained in the Hargreaves report commissioned by British Prime Minister David Cameron and a technical review by telecoms regulator Ofcom. The most significant decision is the scrapp... Read more...
Last Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives’ judiciary committee passed a bill that makes the online activity of every American available to police and attorneys upon request under the guise of protecting children from pornography. Note: Update with citizen petitions on page 2. The R... Read more...
Between the transposing of the EU Data Protection Directive in 1998 and the terrorist attacks in New York in September 2001, trade relations between the United States and the European Union were mutual, bilateral and safe. The arrangement between the U.S. and the EU — for which both contine... Read more...
You don't need to be a doctor or scientist to see that Americans are getting fatter and fatter. We are the United States of obesity. Twelve states now have obesity rates above 30 percent, a just-released report from Trust for America's Health shows. Even the state with the highest percentage of peo... Read more...
A federal judge has denied Google's request to dismiss several lawsuits accusing the company of illegally collecting private information from open Wi-Fi networks. The ruling, filed in California court Wednesday, is a setback for Google as it tries to put its "Street View" debacle behind it. In M... Read more...