[Sigifp-l] Information Policy Post 1/22/03

[Terrence Maxwell]

PRIVACY

RFID Tags: Big Brother in Small Packages.
<http://news.com.com/2010-1069-980325.html>
In the future, we could be tracked because we'll be wearing, eating and 
carrying objects that are carefully designed to do so.

John Gilmore's Lawsuit Over Secret FAA Regulations.
<http://cryptome.org/freetotravel.htm>
This case argues that citizens not only have a constitutional right to 
travel
throughout the US without government-imposed restrictions, but also a
constitutional right to refuse to identify themselves to government
agents unless there is probable cause to suspect a person of a crime.
Here is a collection of documents from the case.

Pentagon Database Plan Hits Snag on Hill.
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-980889.html>
A Pentagon antiterrorism plan to link databases of credit card companies, 
health insurers and others--creating what critics call a 'domestic 
surveillance apparatus'--is encountering growing opposition on Capitol Hill.

Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance 
Society.
<http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacylist.cfm?c=39>
A new report from the ACLU suggests that the United States has now reached 
the point where a total 'surveillance society' has become a realistic 
possibility.

SECURITY

Military Worried About Web Leaks.
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981057.html>
The U.S. Defense Department is worried that sensitive information remains 
exposed on its Web sites.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Eldred v Ashcroft.
<http://www.copyright.gov/pr/eldred.html>
More on the challenge to the 20-year extension of copyright term in the 
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
See Also:
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=&e=4&u=/ap/20030115/ap_on_bi_ge/scotus_copyrights>

Copyright Truce Excludes Key Voices.
<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-980671.html>
The key detail about a digital-copyright agreement announced on Tuesday 14 
January was who was not in the room at the time.

MISCELLANEOUS

CDT Policy Post
Volume 9, Number 2, 14 January 2003
<http://www.cdt.org/publications/pp_9.02.shtml>
Contents:
(1)  Broad Coalition Calls for Moratorium, Hearings on Federal Datamining
(2)  Senators Raise Questions About TIA
(3)  Datamining Unproven; Scope Undefined, Legal Basis Unclear, Guidelines 
Lacking

EPIC Alert
Volume 10.01, 16 January 2003
<http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_10.01.html>
Contents
[1] EPIC Wins FOIA Lawsuit Against Pentagon on Poindexter Records
[2] Sen. Feingold Introduces "Total Info" Moratorium Bill
[3] INS Seeks Information on U.S. Citizens Who Travel
[4] Court Grants EPIC Right to Discovery in Homeland Security Case
[5] Georgia Supreme Court Voids Fornication Law on Privacy Grounds
[6] Privacy International Urges UK Citizens to Oppose National ID Card
[7] EPIC Bill-Track: New Bills in Congress

Compiled by Dylan Thomarie
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