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Date Article Title Publication Author Synopsis
11/19/2011 License plate readers: A useful tool for police comes with privacy concerns Washington Post Allison Klein and Josh White Police use cameras that read license plates for help in catching car thieves and people fleeing crimes, but more recently, they have been storing the data--for three years in Washington, DC--and in some cases using it as a crime-prevention tool.
11/14/2011 Technology Rewrites the Fourth Amendment Wall Street Journal L. Gordon Crovitz United States v. Jones, the Supreme Court case involving law enforcement's use of GPS to track a suspected criminal's location using an expired warrant, has experts weighing in on the trade-offs technology presents.
9/1/2011 Kraft To Use Facial Recognition Technology To Give You Macaroni Recipes Forbes.com Kashmir Hill A report on the increasing popularity of facial recognition technology, now experiencing its "boom time." 
8/30/2011 Proposed surveillance cameras raise privacy concerns KHON2 News Olena Heu Plans to install 30 surveillance cameras ahead of November's APEC summit in Hawaii is prompting privacy concerns.
7/5/2011 Location, Location, Location: Recent Developments in "GeoPrivacy" and the Impact on the Use of GPS in the U.S. Workplace Littler  Philip Gordon Employers considering monitoring employees should watch recent developments in the U.S. and Europe before proceeding.
6/3/2011 Case may help define limits for GPS tracking The Advertiser Gannett A report on a Delaware Supreme Court case that "could help define personal privacy and set limits on how far police can go when using electronic surveillance in Delaware and perhaps across the U.S." 
5/5/2011 Giant Rental Company Accused of Spying on Customers' Computers Courthouse News Service Reuben Kramer A lawsuit filed by a Wyoming couple and seeking class-action status alleges that one of the country's largest rental companies has been using "secret software" to take their photos, log their keystrokes and keep tabs on private communications.
2/11/2011 We know where you've been: privacy, congestion tracking, and the future ARS Technica Timothy B. Lee As the U.S. population grows, so will the number of cars on its highways, creating significant congestion problems on roads and at toll booths. 
2/8/2011 Chicago's high-tech cameras spark privacy fears AFP AFP The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling for a moratorium on installations of surveillance cameras in Chicago and new policies to prevent their misuse.
1/26/2011 Hello, Big Brother: Digital sensors are watching us USA Today   A report on the ubiquity of digital sensors and the resulting "explosion of sensor data collection and storage." 
1/21/2011 New Garmin tracking device raises privacy concerns Kansas City Star Mark Davis New tracking units are raising concerns among privacy advocates. 
11/17/2010 US Air Force worried over location apps Google Associated Press The U.S. Air Force issued a message recently to its airmen warning them that location-based applications could have "devastating operations security and privacy implications." 
11/3/2010 Neighborhood Mischief Caught on Tape New York Times Kate Murphy A report on the increasing popularity of do-it-yourself surveillance as the cost of recording technologies decreases. 
8/14/2010 Smile! Aerial images being used to enforce laws San Francisco Chronicle Frank Eltman A report published in the San Francisco Chronicle describes how "High-tech eyes in the sky--from satellite imagery to sophisticated aerial photography that maps entire communities--are being employed in creative new ways by government officials," which is raising concerns about the loss of privacy rights. 
8/13/2010 Surveillance Cameras and the Right to Privacy CBC News Erin Moriarty Law enforcement officials point to high-tech tools used to fight crime as a key reason why the national crime rate has decreased. 
7/8/2010 U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies Wall Street Journal Siobahn Gorman The National Security Agency (NSA) is launching a surveillance program called Perfect Citizen, aimed at detecting cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid, and that has some officials concerned about privacy implications.
5/3/2010 Smart dust' aims to monitor everything CNN John Sutter In the 1990s, a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, coined the term "smart dust" to predict a future in which the world would be sprinkled with countless, tiny sensors capable of monitoring everything.
4/19/2010 Lower Merion report: Web cams snapped 56,000 images Philadelphia Enquirer John P. Martin Investigators have revealed that employees in Pennsylvania's Lower Merion School District activated Web cameras on school-issued laptops about 80 times in the past two years, capturing nearly 56,000 images and giving them a glimpse into high school students' at-home worlds and computing activities.
2/26/2010 License Plate Software Stirs Privacy Concerns New York Times Ken Belson Consumer advocates are warning that controls are needed to protect the motorists' data recorded by commercial outfits.
1/12/2010 Hey, If You Aren't Doing Anything Wrong, Then You Have Nothing To Worry About reason.com Radley Balko Police in Massachusetts have begun arresting individuals who have recorded their phone conversations with on-duty police officers without the officer's consent.
12/12/2009 Twitter Tapping New York Times   In a New York Times editorial, the editors write that the federal government has increased its monitoring of online social networking utilities in an effort to sniff out tax dodgers, copyright infringers and activist protesters. 
11/19/2009 Tiburon to record every car coming and going San Francisco Chronicle Demian Bulwa A Bay Area Town Council has voted to install surveillance cameras that will record the license plate characters of incoming vehicles.
10/13/2009 Security Expert Questions Street Camera Program Brooklyn Daily Eagle Ron Scherer Noted security expert Bruce Schneier is questioning the effectiveness of video surveillance following New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's announcement of a $24 million grant to procure such a network for the city.
9/16/2009 White House Seeks Renewal of Surveillance Laws, Perhaps With Tweaks Washington Post Carrie Johnson & Ellen Nakashima The Obama administration wants renewal of certain Patriot Act provisions that are set to expire in December, but is open to changes that would protect Americans' privacy.
9/10/2009 Surveillance cameras in Lancaster, Pennsylvania prompt privacy concerns guardian.co.uk Associated Press The seven-square-mile city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, population 56,000, has embarked on a project to install 165 surveillance cameras to help fight crime. 
7/30/2009 Do License-Plate Scanners Fight Crime or Invade Privacy? TIME Hilary Hylton Automated license-plate recognition systems (ALPRs), devices which can process and identify up to 1,500 license plates per minute, are becoming an increasingly popular tool with law enforcement agencies around the U.S.
7/28/2009 Use of tracking cookies on governmetn sites sparks privacy concern Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan    In a change of policy meant to foster a more user-friendly environment for users of federal Internet properties, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs said it wants to reverse a ban on the use of "persistent cookies" and other means of tracking visitors to government Web sites. 
7/28/2009 Privacy group wants U.S. to detail computer monitoring program Computerworld Grant Gross The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) has issued a report on the federal government's upgraded cyber-monitoring program, Einstein 3, and wants answers from the Obama Administration about the system's privacy implications.
4/20/2009 We're losing our right to privacy Greenville News  Victoria Middleton Police surveillance cameras have begun to appear in the Charleston metro area, and more are promised as soon as funding is secured. 
4/20/2009 Senate Panel Plans Hearing on Wiretapping NewsFactor Network Pamela Hess The Justice Department asked a federal court in San Francisco to throw out a lawsuit filed last September by AT&T customers to stop the warrantless NSA surveillance.
4/17/2009 Head of Senate Panel Seeks Hearing on Wiretaps  New York Times ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN The head of the Senate intelligence committee said that she would hold a hearing to examine the National Security Agency's interception of domestic communications after new reports that recent wiretapping went beyond what Congress has authorized.
4/16/2009 U.S. government exceeded surveillance authority The NSA says it is 'committed to upholding the law' Quantcast
Computerworld
Grant Gross The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) exceeded its surveillance authority of U.S. residents under a far-reaching telephone and Internet communications wiretap program.
4/15/2009 Province announces $50K for downtown cameras  Williams Lake Tribune   The primary intent of the program is to serve as a deterrent to crime in the downtown and to improve the sense of safety of people visiting the downtown area.
4/14/2009 RSA panel to discuss surveillance, privacy concerns  SearchSecurity.com Erin Kelly Several security and civil rights experts will debate the use of Internet surveillance as a tool to fight terrorism. 
2/20/2009 Chicago links street cameras to its 911 network New York Times Karen Ann Cullotta Chicago has linked its public surveillance cameras to its 911 system in an effort to more quickly and efficiently fight crime.
2/9/2009 Obama hints at cybersecurity shake-up with review Cnet News Declan McCullagh The appointment of a former Booz Allen consultant to conduct a two-month review of the federal government's cybersecurity efforts may signal that the Obama Administration is prepared to make sweeping changes to the program, including removing the program from the aegis of the Department of Homeland Security. 
2/3/2009 Cambridge rejects surveillance cameras Boston Globe Staff Cambridge city councilors have nixed a project to activate a Department of Homeland Security-funded surveillance camera network in the city due to privacy concerns. 
1/15/2009 Secret court:  Warrantless NSA wiretapping fine cnet News Declan McCullagh The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review has concluded that federal agencies can be authorized to conduct warrantless e-mail and telephone surveillance without violating the U.S. Constitution.
1/9/2009 As Surveillance Cameras Proliferate, Colation Forms to Protect Privacy Rights Open Media Boston Dave Goodman Dozens of Greater Bostonians concerned about the approach of a "surveillance society" attended the first meeting of the "Greater Boston Coalition to Stop the Cameras."
12/29/2008 Video technology creates a few very-public lives The Buffalo News Stephen T. Watson A University at Buffalo student is availing himself of the latest in video technology to broadcast his life live over the Internet. 
12/15/2008 Brookline wary of surveillance cameras Boston Globe Michael Levenson Residents in Brookline, Massachusetts are resisting officials' plans to install surveillance cameras on city streets.
11/23/2008 GPS technology doubles as crime-fighting tool Los Angeles Times Carol J. Williams The data from GPS systems increasingly are being used in investigations and court testimony to the chagrin of those who object to what they view as unauthorized consumer surveillance. 
11/11/2008 Iran says security cameras do not violate privacy rights China View Deng Shasha An Iranian official has warned that surveillance cameras intended to be installed in Tehran could violate citizens' privacy rights.
10/24/2008 Newest Source of Teen Ire:  Webcams in their cars Washington Post Matt Zapotosky More than 100 Southern Maryland families have installed cameras into their teen drivers' cars as part of a state-sponsored study to cut down on risky driving behaviors
10/10/2008 NSA Eavesdropping 'Outrageous' and 'Disturbing,' critics say ABC News Justin Rood U.S. intelligence officials eavesdropped on the private conversations of American servicemembers, aid workers and journalists.
10/7/2008 Government data-mining programs need mor scrutiny Federal Computer Week Ben Bain The committee formed to guide officials on the use of surveillance tools in national security efforts yesterday released its report on "Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists." 
10/2/2008 Denver weighs security vs. privacy as cops focus cameras on crime The Denver Post Kieran Nicholson Video surveillance cameras installed before the Democratic National Convention this summer are finding a new purpose on Denver streets 
10/1/2008 Satellite-Surveillance Program to Begin Despite Privacy Concerns The Wall Street Journal Siobahn Gorman The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will launch a limited version of its proposed satellite surveillance program despite a lack of support from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
8/29/2008 Secret Spying Court Stays Secret, Rejects ACLU Plea Again Wired Ryan Singel Psychiatrists in the U.S. and Britain have noticed an upward growth trend in cases of paranoia among patients.
8/9/2008 FBI Apologizes to Post, Times Washington Post Carrie Johnson The top editors of two daily newspapers received apologies from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday, for breaching the phone records of reporters.
7/12/2008 When the Phone Goes With You, Everyone Else Can Tag Along Washington Post Ellen Nakashima Ellen Nakashima outlines the use of precise location technology combined with Internet-ready mobile devices, such as the iPhone 3G. 
7/11/2008 Surveillance Bill Prompts ACLU Suit  New York Sun Josh Gerstein President Bush's signature on the newly revised wiretap law prompted the immediate filing of a lawsuit by the ACLU. Plaintiffs to the suit include Amnesty International, the Nation magazine and the Service Employees International Union. 
7/11/2008 Surveillance Bill Prompts ACLU Suit  New York Sun Josh Gerstein President Bush's signature on the newly revised wiretap law prompted the immediate filing of a lawsuit by the ACLU. Plaintiffs to the suit include Amnesty International, the Nation magazine and the Service Employees International Union. 
7/10/2008 Senate Approves Bill to Broaden Wiretap Powers New York Times Eric Lichtblau The Bush Administration won a major political victory yesterday when, by a 69 - 28 vote the Senate approved a broad expansion of federal wiretap law. The bill included a controversial provision granting immunity to telecommunications companies that provided data to U.S. government investigators following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. 
7/10/2008 Senate Approves Bill to Broaden Wiretap Powers New York Times Eric Lichtblau The Bush Administration won a major political victory yesterday when, by a 69 - 28 vote the Senate approved a broad expansion of federal wiretap law. The bill included a controversial provision granting immunity to telecommunications companies that provided data to U.S. government investigators following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. 
6/27/2008 Feingold fights for privacy over surveillance legislation Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Diana Marrero Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) filibustered to effectively postpone a final vote on the latest surveillance bill to reach the Senate last week. The delay, says Feingold, gives Americans more time to learn about the pending legislation, which would give the government wider powers to listen in on the phone conversations of citizens and read their emails, among other communications. 
6/27/2008 Feingold fights for privacy over surveillance legislation Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Diana Marrero Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) filibustered to effectively postpone a final vote on the latest surveillance bill to reach the Senate last week. The delay, says Feingold, gives Americans more time to learn about the pending legislation, which would give the government wider powers to listen in on the phone conversations of citizens and read their emails, among other communications. 
6/21/2008 House easily passes compromise surveillance law Associated Press Pamela Hess An amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) passed in the House of Representatives on Friday, 293-129. The amendment protects telecommunications providers from civil action for helping the government monitor telephone calls and emails without a warrant in the years since the September 11 attacks. 
6/21/2008 House easily passes compromise surveillance law Associated Press Pamela Hess An amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) passed in the House of Representatives on Friday, 293-129. The amendment protects telecommunications providers from civil action for helping the government monitor telephone calls and emails without a warrant in the years since the September 11 attacks. 
6/16/2008 Washington, D.C., puts itself under surveillance Los Angeles Times James Hohmann There are now 4,775 functioning surveillance cameras in the U.S. capital that stream video feeds into a command center, where round-the-clock employees monitor activity at Washington DC's schools, busy roads, picnic areas and other public locations. The system is designed to protect against terrorist activities, but some question whether the cameras' effectiveness in preventing crime outweighs the harm to civil liberties. 
6/16/2008 Washington, D.C., puts itself under surveillance Los Angeles Times James Hohmann There are now 4,775 functioning surveillance cameras in the U.S. capital that stream video feeds into a command center, where round-the-clock employees monitor activity at Washington DC's schools, busy roads, picnic areas and other public locations. The system is designed to protect against terrorist activities, but some question whether the cameras' effectiveness in preventing crime outweighs the harm to civil liberties. 
6/4/2008 Study Secretly Tracks Cellphone Users Globe and Mail Seth Borenstein Northeastern University researchers observed the travel patterns of 100,000 cell phone users without their consent for a physics study published yesterday, says an Associated Press report. The study tracked individuals by noting which cell phone towers picked up their signals when they made or received calls or text messages over a period of six months.
6/4/2008 Study Secretly Tracks Cellphone Users Globe and Mail Seth Borenstein Northeastern University researchers observed the travel patterns of 100,000 cell phone users without their consent for a physics study published yesterday, says an Associated Press report. The study tracked individuals by noting which cell phone towers picked up their signals when they made or received calls or text messages over a period of six months.
6/2/2008 Minnesota Community Bans Google Street View CBC News Associated Press The private community of North Oaks, Minnesota is no longer available for viewing on Google Map's "Street View" feature.
6/2/2008 Minnesota Community Bans Google Street View CBC News Associated Press The private community of North Oaks, Minnesota is no longer available for viewing on Google Map's "Street View" feature.
6/1/2008 Unmarked NYPD helicopter's keen eye worries privacy groups San Francisco Chronicle Tom Hays Among its multi-million dollar arsenal of surveillance equipment, perhaps nothing is more impressive than the New York City Police Department's surveillance chopper, which can read license plates, scan pedestrians' faces, monitor jet fuel lines at Kennedy International Airport, and more from the sky, all while beaming live footage to police command centers on the ground, or to wireless handheld devices. 
6/1/2008 Unmarked NYPD helicopter's keen eye worries privacy groups San Francisco Chronicle Tom Hays Among its multi-million dollar arsenal of surveillance equipment, perhaps nothing is more impressive than the New York City Police Department's surveillance chopper, which can read license plates, scan pedestrians' faces, monitor jet fuel lines at Kennedy International Airport, and more from the sky, all while beaming live footage to police command centers on the ground, or to wireless handheld devices. 
5/31/2008 Billboards That Look Back New York Times Stephanie Clifford When it comes to targeting and measuring the effectiveness of their ads, the Internet has become hallowed ground for advertisers. Now billboards have the means to get to know their viewers better, and target ads directly to them.
5/31/2008 Billboards That Look Back New York Times Stephanie Clifford When it comes to targeting and measuring the effectiveness of their ads, the Internet has become hallowed ground for advertisers. Now billboards have the means to get to know their viewers better, and target ads directly to them.
5/27/2008 Software to Track Persons Sending Threatening Emails The Hindu News   It is now mandatory for Uttar Pradesh cyber café owners to verify the identity of Web surfers and a Lucknow firm has provided the software necessary to build a database of them.
5/27/2008 Software to Track Persons Sending Threatening Emails The Hindu News   It is now mandatory for Uttar Pradesh cyber café owners to verify the identity of Web surfers and a Lucknow firm has provided the software necessary to build a database of them.
5/20/2008 RIM Offers Conditional Solution to Monitor BlackBerry Content The Economic Times   The Economic Times reports that Blackberry maker Research in Motion has agreed to pass along Blackberry users' data to the Indian government. The arrangement is conditional based on the government accepting responsibility for any loss of user data. 
5/20/2008 RIM Offers Conditional Solution to Monitor BlackBerry Content The Economic Times   The Economic Times reports that Blackberry maker Research in Motion has agreed to pass along Blackberry users' data to the Indian government. The arrangement is conditional based on the government accepting responsibility for any loss of user data. 
5/12/2008 Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions down ZDNET.co.uk Richard Koman Although the federal government touts its growing use of wiretaps as an important weapon in the fight against terrorism, fewer suspected terror agents are being prosecuted -- in spite of a spike in the use of surveillance.
5/12/2008 Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions down ZDNET.co.uk Richard Koman Although the federal government touts its growing use of wiretaps as an important weapon in the fight against terrorism, fewer suspected terror agents are being prosecuted -- in spite of a spike in the use of surveillance.
5/1/2008 D.C. Forging Surveillance Network The Washington Post Mary Beth Sheridan The Washington Post reports that 4,500 video surveillance cameras in Washington, D.C. will soon feed into a central office at the city's Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, where operators will monitor schools, public housing and traffic and government buildings around the clock. 
5/1/2008 D.C. Forging Surveillance Network The Washington Post Mary Beth Sheridan The Washington Post reports that 4,500 video surveillance cameras in Washington, D.C. will soon feed into a central office at the city's Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, where operators will monitor schools, public housing and traffic and government buildings around the clock. 
4/30/2008 Telecoms and secret surveillance Newsweek Michael Isikoff & Mark Hosenball Recently disclosed court documents highlight the Bush administration's refusal to disclose internal documents showing communication with major telecommunications companies about backing the controversial surveillance proposal, currently stalled by Congress.
4/30/2008 Telecoms and secret surveillance Newsweek Michael Isikoff & Mark Hosenball Recently disclosed court documents highlight the Bush administration's refusal to disclose internal documents showing communication with major telecommunications companies about backing the controversial surveillance proposal, currently stalled by Congress.
4/28/2008 Expectation of privacy a precious right Seattle Post-Intelligencer Babak Pasdar In an opinion essay published by the Seattle Pilot, security expert Babak Pasdar writes that clandestine monitoring of communications traffic by the U.S. federal government has all but abolished any expectation of privacy for Americans.
4/28/2008 Expectation of privacy a precious right Seattle Post-Intelligencer Babak Pasdar In an opinion essay published by the Seattle Pilot, security expert Babak Pasdar writes that clandestine monitoring of communications traffic by the U.S. federal government has all but abolished any expectation of privacy for Americans.
4/12/2008 Administration set to use new spy program in U.S. Washington Post  Spencer S. Hsu The Bush Administration announced plans on Friday to initiate a domestic surveillance program utilizing the country's sophisticated spy satellites. 
4/12/2008 Administration set to use new spy program in U.S. Washington Post  Spencer S. Hsu The Bush Administration announced plans on Friday to initiate a domestic surveillance program utilizing the country's sophisticated spy satellites. 
4/10/2008 What happens in Vegas…Stays in Computers The Village Voice  Harkavy One blogger with the Village Voice is concerned that RFID-based surveillance programs being rolled out in Las Vegas will soon find their way out of Sin City and into Your Town, USA. 
4/10/2008 What happens in Vegas…Stays in Computers The Village Voice  Harkavy One blogger with the Village Voice is concerned that RFID-based surveillance programs being rolled out in Las Vegas will soon find their way out of Sin City and into Your Town, USA. 
4/4/2008 Pa. couple sues Google over house pix Forbes.com Associated Press A Pennsylvania couple has sued Google over a photo of their home that appeared on the company's Street View mapping service. A lawyer representing Aaron and Christine Boring, of Franklin Park, a Pittsburgh suburb, says the photo of their home could only have been taken by trespassing on their driveway, which is clearly marked with a sign reading "private road." 
4/4/2008 Pa. couple sues Google over house pix Forbes.com Associated Press A Pennsylvania couple has sued Google over a photo of their home that appeared on the company's Street View mapping service. A lawyer representing Aaron and Christine Boring, of Franklin Park, a Pittsburgh suburb, says the photo of their home could only have been taken by trespassing on their driveway, which is clearly marked with a sign reading "private road." 
4/2/2008 Centers Tap Into Personal Databases The Washington Post Robert O'Harrow Jr. A number of state-run "fusion" centers operated by state law enforcement agencies are collecting vast amounts of information about citizens, including unlisted cell phone numbers, credit reports, insurance claims and driver's license photographs.
4/2/2008 Centers Tap Into Personal Databases The Washington Post Robert O'Harrow Jr. A number of state-run "fusion" centers operated by state law enforcement agencies are collecting vast amounts of information about citizens, including unlisted cell phone numbers, credit reports, insurance claims and driver's license photographs.
3/24/2008 Smile, Big Brother's watching Globe and Mail Craig Silverman As the technologies become less expensive, more employers are taking advantage of tools to track their workers, for better or worse. 
3/24/2008 Smile, Big Brother's watching Globe and Mail Craig Silverman As the technologies become less expensive, more employers are taking advantage of tools to track their workers, for better or worse. 
3/10/2008 NSA's Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data Wall Street Journal Siobahn Gorman A Pentagon domestic surveillance program plan, scuttled as too broad and intrusive of citizen privacy, has been slowly taking shape within the National Security Agency.
3/10/2008 NSA's Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data Wall Street Journal Siobahn Gorman A Pentagon domestic surveillance program plan, scuttled as too broad and intrusive of citizen privacy, has been slowly taking shape within the National Security Agency.
3/5/2008 FBI improperly sought personal data MSNBC Associated Press In an internal Justice Department report, FBI Director Robert Mueller said that the agency used security letters to gain improper access to personal information during its post-9/11 investigations into possible terror activity. 
3/3/2008 Deal Close on Wiretap Law, a Top Democrat Tells CNN New York Times Jason DeParle The ongoing debate over renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act may be drawing to a close, according to Silvestre Reyes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
2/29/2008 Every Click You Make, Your Boss Is Watching You Tech News World Walaika Haskins According to a new report by the ePolicy Institute of the American Management Association, 83 percent of workplaces engage in some level of electronic employee monitoring, and 58 percent of companies said they have fired employees for misuse of company email accounts or Internet access. 
2/28/2008 Bush calls surveillance bill an 'urgent priority' New York Times David Stout President George W. Bush has called upon Congress to consider a version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) preferred by the administration an "urgent priority" and warned that each day Congress delays in passing the bill puts America at risk of terrorism. 
2/28/2008 Feds downplay privacy fears on plan to expand monitoring of government networks ComputerWorld Jaikumar Vijayan    Robert Jamison, undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security's National Programs Directorate said the government's plan to turn monitoring of federal computer networks and Web properties over to the National Security Agency and other authorities is necessary to protect against cyber attacks.
2/28/2008 Bush calls surveillance bill an 'urgent priority' New York Times David Stout President George W. Bush has called upon Congress to consider a version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) preferred by the administration an "urgent priority" and warned that each day Congress delays in passing the bill puts America at risk of terrorism. 
2/13/2008 Concerns Expressed Over Student Tracking Guardian Unlimited Polly Curtis A controversial government plan to establish a database tracking students from age 14 through university is prompting outcry from students and others.
2/13/2008 Concerns Expressed Over Student Tracking Guardian Unlimited Polly Curtis A controversial government plan to establish a database tracking students from age 14 through university is prompting outcry from students and others.
2/9/2008 Camera Installation Ignites Protest At Fire Station The Advocate Natasha Lee A series of break-ins and vandalism at a Stamford, Conn. fire station prompted the installation of security cameras at the Springdale Fire Company, and the installation of security cameras prompted the firefighters' union to file a grievance.
2/9/2008 Camera Installation Ignites Protest At Fire Station The Advocate Natasha Lee A series of break-ins and vandalism at a Stamford, Conn. fire station prompted the installation of security cameras at the Springdale Fire Company, and the installation of security cameras prompted the firefighters' union to file a grievance.
2/8/2008 Telecom Immunity May Be Unconstitutional  Wired Blog Network Ryan Singel Ryan Singel says that, according to at least one legal expert, extending immunity to telecommunications companies for turning phone records over to federal authorities after 9/11 may be an unconstitutional undertaking. 
2/8/2008 Telecom Immunity May Be Unconstitutional  Wired Blog Network Ryan Singel Ryan Singel says that, according to at least one legal expert, extending immunity to telecommunications companies for turning phone records over to federal authorities after 9/11 may be an unconstitutional undertaking. 
1/17/2008 UK Employees Brace For Increased Intruding thisisaberdeen.co.uk   Employees of UK companies may soon find themselves attached to wireless sensors that track heart rate, brain signals, facial expressions and more. The technology, already used to monitor such professionals as pilots and fire fighters, is being developed for the broader workplace by Microsoft, and while it is still years from deployment.
1/17/2008 UK Employees Brace For Increased Intruding thisisaberdeen.co.uk   Employees of UK companies may soon find themselves attached to wireless sensors that track heart rate, brain signals, facial expressions and more. The technology, already used to monitor such professionals as pilots and fire fighters, is being developed for the broader workplace by Microsoft, and while it is still years from deployment.
1/8/2008 Electric Eye In UK Businesses Fueling Stress Silicon.com Nick Heath A recent survey by the Policy Studies Institute has found that the use of surveillance systems within UK employers is fueling workplace stress. More than half of all employers in the UK now use some sort of monitoring system, putting more than 12 million people under their employer's watchful eye.
1/8/2008 Electric Eye In UK Businesses Fueling Stress Silicon.com Nick Heath A recent survey by the Policy Studies Institute has found that the use of surveillance systems within UK employers is fueling workplace stress. More than half of all employers in the UK now use some sort of monitoring system, putting more than 12 million people under their employer's watchful eye.
11/16/2007 No Escape From Security Cameras Washington Post.com Lynne Duke This Washington Post article looks at the cultural and individual impacts of constant surveillance. 
11/16/2007 No Escape From Security Cameras Washington Post.com Lynne Duke This Washington Post article looks at the cultural and individual impacts of constant surveillance. 
11/15/2007 Dems, GOP Clash Over Retroactive Immunity For Telecoms  USA Today Richard Willing President Bush has promised to veto any legislation that does not include immunity for telecommunications companies that allegedly helped the government conduct warrantless surveillance. 
11/15/2007 Dems, GOP Clash Over Retroactive Immunity For Telecoms  USA Today Richard Willing President Bush has promised to veto any legislation that does not include immunity for telecommunications companies that allegedly helped the government conduct warrantless surveillance. 
11/15/2007 Dems, GOP Clash Over Retroactive Immunity For Telecoms  USA Today Richard Willing President Bush has promised to veto any legislation that does not include immunity for telecommunications companies that allegedly helped the government conduct warrantless surveillance. 
11/15/2007 Dems, GOP Clash Over Retroactive Immunity For Telecoms  USA Today Richard Willing President Bush has promised to veto any legislation that does not include immunity for telecommunications companies that allegedly helped the government conduct warrantless surveillance. 
11/11/2007 Opinion: Debate Over Privacy And Anonymity Should Begin With Defining Terms Technology Liberation Front Ken Fisher Jim Harper reacts to comments by Donald Kerr, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, that Americans must alter their views that privacy means anonymity. 
11/11/2007 Opinion: Debate Over Privacy And Anonymity Should Begin With Defining Terms Technology Liberation Front Ken Fisher Jim Harper reacts to comments by Donald Kerr, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, that Americans must alter their views that privacy means anonymity. 
10/30/2007 New Cameras Have Feature To Automatically Alert Authorities Of Suspicious Activity San Francisco Chronicle Rachel Gordon The BART system has received a $5.4 million state grant to begin an expansion and upgrade to its security camera system. 
10/30/2007 New Cameras Have Feature To Automatically Alert Authorities Of Suspicious Activity San Francisco Chronicle Rachel Gordon The BART system has received a $5.4 million state grant to begin an expansion and upgrade to its security camera system. 
10/18/2007 Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill Washington Post Jonathan Weisman A deal among Democrats and Republicans allows President Bush to prevail on efforts to grant legal immunity to telecommunications companies that have helped the U.S. government in their once-secret surveillance efforts.
10/10/2007 Immunity crucial in talks on eavesdropping rules New York Times Eric Lichtblau The telecommunications industry is seeking to obtain legal immunity for its role in assisting the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on customers without warrants.
10/2/2007 Congress:  We'll grill telecoms about illegal wiretapping ComputerWorld Preston Gralla The Committee on Energy and Commerce plans to question AT&T, Verizon and Qwest about their role in the National Security Agency's secret wiretapping program. 
9/6/2007 Looking out for data surveillance predictions for 2020 DMNews Robert Gellman Robert Gellman, a Washington-based privacy and information policy consultant and former chief counsel to the House subcommittee on information, justice, transportation and agriculture, provides his insight into what tracking and surveillance will look like in 2020.
 
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