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Chicago-Area Law Enforcement Repeatedly Violated State Drone Disclosure Regulations
According to The Chicago Reader, multiple law enforcement agencies operating in Chicago have failed to comply with state drone use disclosure laws. The report focuses on the most recent of these violations, detailing how the Cook County Sheriff’s … Read more »
With the Help of a Good DOGE, Trump Admin Unleashes Federal Data Aggregation Practices
A new piece in The Hill underscores the dangers of Trump’s moves to consolidate all the federal government’s data stores. Leading the charge is Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is insatiably chewing through records from widely-ranging government … Read more »
New Justice Department Memo Reins in Records Request Gag Orders
Ars Technica reports: the US Department of Justice issued a memo last week which imposes new limits on gag orders accompanying certain Department records requests. Drafted by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the memo governs 2705(b) gag orders, which … Read more »
Rauner Vetoes Bill Requiring User Opt-In for Selling Geolocation Data
The Chicago Tribune reports that Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has vetoed a bill which would have required tech companies and other businesses whose products or services handle geolocation data to receive explicit consent from users or customers before that data … Read more »
US Justice Department Compels Anti-Trump Protest Site to Turn Over Data on Over A Million Visitors [UPDATED]
UPDATE (8/25/17): New reports on DreamHost’s challenge to the federal search warrant targeting disruptj20.org, this time reported by The Intercept, reveal that while the Department of Justice stands by its decision to drop its order for DreamHost to submit … Read more »
Supreme Court to Weigh Case Which May Extend Fourth Amendment Protections to Searches of Location Data Archives
According to a new story from The New York Times, the US Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case which could decide whether or not Fourth Amendment protections are extended to law enforcement searches of past location data records. … Read more »
New Illinois Privacy Laws, If Passed, Would Lead Nation as Bulwark Against Federal Deregulation
UPDATE: As of last week, the Illinois State Senate passed its version of the Right to Know Act, which would require companies which collect user information to disclose what personal data is collected and how it is handled. With … Read more »
