Tag: privacy rights
Posted on Tue Mar 01, 2011 at 03:21:42 PM EST
Tags: AT&T, privacy rights (all tags)
The Supreme Court ruled against AT&T in a privacy rights case today, holding that since it is a corporation and not a person, it does not have a right to privacy. The case involved a Freedom of Information request seeking documents pertaining to an FCC investigation of AT&T and possible overbilling.
AdamB at Daily Kos provides analysis of the decision. You can read the opinion here.
Lyle Denniston at Scotus Blog has more in "A Word Game Over Privacy."
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Posted on Thu Apr 19, 2007 at 07:26:00 AM EST
Tags: privacy rights (all tags)
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AmericaBlog picks up on this ABC News report on the Virginia Tech shooter that says there may have been a gap in the federal database regarding his medications:
Some news accounts have suggested that Cho had a history of antidepressant use, but senior federal officials tell ABC News that they can find no record of such medication in the government's files. This does not completely rule out prescription drug use, including samples from a physician, drugs obtained through illegal Internet sources, or a gap in the federal database, but the sources say theirs is a reasonably complete search.
John asks, what database? Does the Government keep a list of all of our prescriptions?
The answer is yes. I reported on it in 2005 when Bush signed the bill creating the electronic database:
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