From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 03:15:49 MST
Useful Resource here:
Electronic Privacy Information Center
http://www.epic.org/
snippets:
EPIC Launches FOIA Gallery
In celebration of Freedom of Information Day, EPIC has created the
Online FOIA Gallery 2003. The Web site provides scanned images of
documents obtained by EPIC through the Freedom of Infomation Act,
including evidence of the misuse of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act, video monitoring of political protesters in
Washington, DC, and the names and project titles of the
organizations receiving funding from John Poindexter for research on
Total Information Awareness. (Mar. 14)
http://www.epic.org/open_gov/foiagallery.html
Senators Want Answers on Air Profiling
The Senate Commerce Committee has unanimously agreed to an amendment
(pdf) by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) that would require the Transportation
Security Administration to report to Congress on the privacy and
civil liberties implications of the controversial CAPPS-II air
passenger profiling system. See EPIC's Air Travel Privacy page for
background information. (Mar. 13)
EP Opposes Passenger Data Disclosure
An overwhelming majority of the European Parliament has adopted a
resolution opposing a data disclosure arrangement (pdf) agreed upon
by the European Commission and the US on February 17-18. The
arrangement allows European airlines to transfer airline passenger
data to US Customs. Parliament has stated that this arrangement has
no legal basis, and believes that it could cause the US
administration to enter "de facto 'data-mining' territory." The
resolution questions the legal legitimacy of this kind of data
disclosure in both the European Union and the US. For more
information, see EPIC's page on Surveillance of European Air
Travelers. (Mar. 13)
"Fix" Proposed for New FOIA Exemption
Several U.S. Senators have introduced legislation to narrow the
broad FOIA exemption for "critical infrastructure protection"
information that Congress included in the Homeland Security Act. In
Congressional testimony last year, EPIC warned that the broad
exemption could hamper public oversight of the new Department of
Homeland Security. (Mar. 12)
Patriot Act II
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/
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