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EPIC Files Lawsuit To Suspend Airport Body Scanner Use 559

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 05, 2010 @12:13PM from the shut-up-it's-cold-here dept.

nacturation writes "The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a petition for review and motion for an emergency stay, urging the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to suspend the Transportation Security Administration's full body scanner program. EPIC said that the program is 'unlawful, invasive, and ineffective' (PDF). EPIC argued that the federal agency has violated the Administrative Procedures Act, the Privacy Act, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the Fourth Amendment. EPIC cited the invasive nature of the devices, the TSA's disregard of public opinion, and the impact on religious freedom."

EU Commission Says People Have a 'Right To Be Forgotten' Online 200

Posted by timothy on Friday November 05, 2010 @08:02AM from the pesky-data-retention-laws dept.

nk497 writes "The European Commission wants to strengthen data protection rules to give more power to consumers — including the right to be forgotten online. Legislation it's looking to push through next year will let consumers know when and how their data is being used, and force companies to delete it when asked. 'People should be able to give their informed consent to the processing of their personal data,' the commission said in a statement. 'They should have the "right to be forgotten" when their data is no longer needed or they want their data to be deleted.'"

Comment Re:That's a good thing (Score 1) 620

by whitearrow on Wednesday May 20, 2009 @07:13PM (#28033121) Attached to: Freshman Representative Opposes "TSA Porn"

Yeah, that's great. So while you're going through this machine, all your stuff is outside of your sight and control... and that includes my wallet, which apparently I need to stuff into my carry-on as well. Just super.

Comment I own a Kindle. This hasn't happened. (Score 1) 630

by whitearrow on Friday May 15, 2009 @07:49PM (#27974281) Attached to: Remote Kill Flags Surface In Kindle

I actually own a K2. I have at least two books on which TTS has since been disabled. None of my books have changed, even though I've had whispernet on several times. They all still have TTS and there's no indication the files have been changed in any way whatsoever. I think the idea that Amazon is proactively replacing these files is just factually wrong. Nobody on Mobileread has reported this happening either.

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