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Court backs Redding paper in privacy suit
May 18, 2013

Military porn case shrinks barracks privacy
April 05, 2013

Viewpoints: Privacy laws in conflict with criminal acts
March 12, 2013

Judge upholds right to air crime video
January 25, 2013

Judge rules video shown by KCRA-TV was a public document, throws out lawsuit
January 24, 2013

Sacto 911: Judge rules video of Yolo County deputy's fatal shooting was a public document
January 24, 2013

Norman Solomon | David Brooks, Tom Friedman, Bill Keller Wish Snowden Had Just Followed Orders
June 17, 2013
June 17, 2013 - Edward Snowden's disclosures, the New York Times reported on Sunday, "have renewed a longstanding concern: that young Internet aficionados whose...

BORDC releases model legislation to address domestic surveillance drones
April 08, 2013
April 8, 2013 - The Bill of Rights Defense Committee has released two model ordinances to assist local communities in the battle against domestic surveillance...

Secretary of State Debra Bowen to Speak at Nevada County Democratic Women’s Club Annual Scholarship Luncheon – May 4, 2013
April 08, 2013
April 8, 2013 - The Nevada County Democratic Women's Club is pleased to announce that California Secr...

Forced DNA Collection Without Search Warrant Violates Privacy Rights
July 27, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. July 27, 2011 - The forced collection of DNA samples from arrestees without search warrants violates their Fourth Amendment right to...

California Assembly Select Committee on Privacy Holds Hearing
March 19, 2013
Led by Chair Ed Chau, the California Assembly Select Committee on Privacy conducted a hearing today on the collecting, sharing and tracking of personal...

Chevron Sues Its Own Shareholders In Ecuador Compensation Battle
January 25, 2013
Chevron Spoof Ad. Photo: The Yes Men. Used under Creative Commons license Jan. 24, 2013 - U.S. oil giant Chevron's latest mov...

Kim Dotcom: concerns over government tyranny are legitimate "Prism: concerns over...
June 13, 2013 | reddit.com: what's new online
Prism should be discontinued immediately'' submitted by Libertatea to worldnews [ link ] [ 35 comments ] ...

Not much political will to change NSA's no- longer- secret phone spying program
June 12, 2013 | Boing Boing
Buried in this bummer of a piece in the Wall Street Journal about how our spineless US lawmakers are not likely to fight for the privacy rights of Americans in the wake of the NSA...

IRS violated privacy laws, claimed privacy rights to block investigation of violation
June 11, 2013 | Vent

U. S. weighing charges for leaker of surveillance programs
June 11, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Privacy rights advocates say Obama has gone too far. The American Civil Liberties Union and Yale Law School filed legal action Monday to force a secret U.S. court to make public...

Ex- NSA chief says leaker's access should have triggered alarms
June 11, 2013 | indystar.com
Snowden said he acted because he thought Americans should know what the government is doing in their name, and that its actions wrongly jeopardized privacy rights. His documents...

Is whistle- blower Snowden a hero or a villain?
June 11, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
'' * Snowden alleged specific, serious violations of law, claiming the government created a system'' that allows it to intercept almost everything'' and in the process violate Americans' privacy rights ...