Sunday's article on school data collection in the Kennebec Journal reads like paid advertising for the Department of Education.  The subheading for the article says "privacy concerns raised" but you have to dig deep...deep...to find what those concerns are and that's after nearly ten paragraphs about how wonderful student tracking is for all involved.

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The ACLU of Northern California has issued a resource guide on how to best protect your privacy with the introduction of the new Facebook feature called Places.  Facebook immediately took exception to the suggestion that privacy safeguards are not in place.  But as the ACLU resource guide indicates, privacy options are available, but they take quite | continue reading

How vulnerable is your e-mail, web browsing, and cellular phone to outside surveillance?  More vulnerable than you think!

The ACLU has a fun, interactive online quiz that rates your electronic privacy.  You can take the quiz here.
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The hits keep on coming.  Obama's campaign slogan "Change" has been ridiculed mercilessly across the political spectrum since he arrived in the White House promising a policy departure from the Bush Administration.  Instead, he's meekly accepted the Bush/Cheney playbook that was in place for him.
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Yesterday, it was revealed that the Federal Communications Commission was in closed door meetings with Google and Verizon to discuss a Verizon plan to offer faster service to those websites willing to pay.  The FCC has abandoned the talks since reports surfaced that Verizon and Google have already reached a separate agreement on Internet traffic rules.  Such an agreement between these Internet titans will severly upend net neutrality and the Internet as we know it.  | continue reading

On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that the Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for companies to turn over Internet data to the FBI without a warrant.  The words "electronic communication transactional records" might not sound like much, but if added to an amended Electronic Communications Privacy Act, would allow the FBI access to "addresses to whi | continue reading

The ACLU has released an 18-month review of the Obama Administration's record on National Security, Civil Liberties, and Human Rights.

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We warned this day would come.

The ACLU has long been concerned about the many abuses that can result from the widespread use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, from identity theft to the tracking and profiling of individuals for commercial and government interests. 
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