{"id":7765,"date":"2012-09-28T13:34:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T13:32:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T13:32:34","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=7765","title":{"rendered":"Today’s privacy news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Law.com: ACLU, Warning of ‘Total Surveillance State,’ Seeks Access to License Plate Reader Data<\/a> by Sheri Qualters:<\/p>\n

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is suing the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security, seeking information about the government’s use of automatic license plate readers. The ACLU has filed public records requests concerning the readers in more than 30 states, but this is the first lawsuit to emerge, said an ACLU staff attorney.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ABAJ: Federal Warrantless Surveillance Has Increased 60% Since 2009, Says ACLU<\/a> by Stephanie Francis Ward:<\/p>\n

Federal warrantless surveillance using “pen register” and “trap and trace” technology increased by 60 percent between 2009 and 2011, according to a post published today on the American Civil Liberties Union\u2019s Free Future blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Using Justice Department documents that the ACLU sued to obtain, the organization focused on federal law enforcement orders for technology that tracks incoming and outgoing phone numbers, emails and other Internet communications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

WaPo: A third of public fears police use of drones in US for surveillance will erode their privacy<\/a> by AP:<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 More than a third of Americans worry their privacy will suffer if drones like those used to spy on U.S. enemies overseas become the latest police tool for tracking suspected criminals at home, according to an Associated Press-National Constitution Center poll.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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