Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. November 11, 2009. A Justice Department subpoena requesting information on visitors to an independent news site is raising serious privacy concerns.
The American Civil Liberties UnionOctober 1, 2009. Sen. Russ Feingold and others have introduced the JUSTICE Act, which reforms our surveillance laws, including the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008.
Vera von Kreutzbruck, The Women's International Perspective. August 28, 2009. The protection of privacy and personal data is vital for any democratic society, and should be respected as much as freedom of expression or movement.
Jay Stanley, Blog of Rights AlterNet: PEEK. August 21, 2009. Today's mobile phone networks are being built to detect your location -- and lots of companies want to make money off of that.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. July 16, 2009. Laws expanding DNA collection from people accused of crimes are passing in states across the country. But it doesn't mean that justice will be done.
Adam B, Daily Kos AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 25, 2009. The Court held that the rights of a student strip searched by school officials were violated. But the school officials were given qualified immunity.
Amie Newman, RH Reality Check. October 31, 2008. Proposition 4 does not encourage communication between parents and their kids -- it puts teens in danger and violates their rights.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 15, 2008. Recent steps by the FBI and other law enforcement organizations have severely undermined the right to privacy.
Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor. April 22, 2008. With identity theft reaching record levels, our ability to collect personal data has far outstripped our ability to protect it.
Jessica Wakeman, Huffington Post. March 18, 2008. A court in Oklahoma holds that upskirt photos, taken without consent, are perfectly legal. Have we really ceded our privacy rights this much?
Randy Dotinga, Christian Science Monitor. February 23, 2008. "If you're going to dress like a cop and act like a cop, then you should be considered a cop."
Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 11, 2007. What safeguards exist to make sure highlights of YOUR ass are not making it onto the most viewed list on YouTube?
Sara Robinson, Group News Blog AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 23, 2007. Sara Robinson: We have an inalienable right to be the keepers of our own privacy gates, and not just around the holidays.
Paddy, AlterNet: PEEK. September 27, 2007. Paddy: Verizon is forced to reverse its position when their systematic blocking of abortion rights messages is exposed.
Jesse Reynolds, AlterNet. September 20, 2007. Are you ready to entrust this deeply personal information to a company that recently received a failing grade in privacy?
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. June 13, 2007. Google's newest widget has questionable ethics. Do you really want to walk down the street never knowing whether your furtive nose-picking has been captured and broadcast to the Google-using public?
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 4, 2007. Jayne Lyn Stahl: In the military and want to write a blog? Not so fast ... unless you want to face court martial.
Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. March 20, 2007. Though finding vulnerabilities in software is usually beneficial for security, a recently released exploit sends privacy down the drain.
