Decision likely underlines pivotal importance of the case for transatlantic data flows.
Source: In “an unusual move,” US government asks to join key EU Facebook privacy case | Ars Technica
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Citigroup trademarks “THANKYOU” and sues AT&T for thanking clients | Ars Technica
Not to be outdone by Citigroup, AT&T has applied to trademark “AT&T THANKS.”
Source: Citigroup trademarks “THANKYOU” and sues AT&T for thanking clients | Ars Technica
DOJ Warns Calexico Police: Fix Institutional Problems Before Adopting Surveillance Tech | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Maybe the US government should take it’s own advice and follow it
Law enforcement agencies should not expand their electronic surveillance capabilities until they have addressed core problems of corruption, incompetence, poor oversight, and inadequate training. Echoing concerns long raised by EFF, that’s the message the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent the Calexico Police Department (CPD) following a years-long investigation into alleged corruption by officers.
Worried About “Stigmatizing” Cluster Bombs, House Approves More Sales to Saudi Arabia
But the closeness of the vote was an indication of growing congressional opposition to the conduct of the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing coalition in Yemen.
Source: Worried About “Stigmatizing” Cluster Bombs, House Approves More Sales to Saudi Arabia
Scottish Law Enforcement Also Apparently Hooked Up To NSA/GCHQ’s Data Firehose | Techdirt
The documents confirm that a little-known policing body called the Scottish Recording Centre (SRC) was given access to information logs that includes millions of communications data including phone activity, internet histories, and social media behaviour on Facebook.The confirmation that UK state spy agency GCHQ ran a specific programmed, called “MILKWHITE”, to share data with devolved policing and tax authorities is the first Snowden leak to directly implicate Scottish authorities in the controversial policy of ‘bulk data’ collection.
Source: Scottish Law Enforcement Also Apparently Hooked Up To NSA/GCHQ’s Data Firehose | Techdirt
CIA Director Promises Answers on Accountability for Torture
The CIA will give the Senate intelligence oversight committee a closed briefing on how employees were held accountable and punished for their involvement with torture.
Source: CIA Director Promises Answers on Accountability for Torture
Like Comcast, Google Fiber now forces customers into arbitration | Ars Technica
Fiber customers have two months to opt out of binding arbitration clause.
Source: Like Comcast, Google Fiber now forces customers into arbitration | Ars Technica
Google’s Arbitrary Morality Police Threaten Us Yet Again; Media Sites Probably Shouldn’t Use Google Ads | Techdirt
In the last two weeks we’ve received two notices of violations from AdSense, each of which seems more ridiculous than the other in some way, and which has us reconsidering our use of AdSense as a media property, as Google fails at distinguishing between reporting on bad things and celebrating those same things. In both cases, the “violation” involved a post that was many years old, so it’s unclear why Google suddenly discovered them. In both cases, the posts were basic reporting on something that had happened, and no rational and reasonable person would conclude they violated any policy that AdSense has. And, yet, in both cases, Google claimed they violated its policies, and threatened that if we were unable to sort through the 64,000 other posts on Techdirt to weed out the ones that somehow violate Googles bizarre and arbitrary morality police policies, we risk losing our account.
U.S. ISP Sues Music Group Over Piracy Allegations – TorrentFreak
U.S. based Internet provider RCN is suing music rights group BMG. The Internet provider has asked the court to declare that it is not responsible for copyright infringements allegedly committed by its customers. Among other things, RCN argues that the notices sent by BMG’s anti-piracy partner Rightscorp are flawed.
Source: U.S. ISP Sues Music Group Over Piracy Allegations – TorrentFreak
Mortgage Companies Seek Time Travelers to Find Missing Documents
They’re looking for people who can “complete” chains of title that were irreparably ruptured during the securitization craze, so they can proceed with foreclosures.
Source: Mortgage Companies Seek Time Travelers to Find Missing Documents