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New Book on Government Secrecy by Founding Director of the Justice Department's Office of Information and Privacy Identifies Top Ten "Biggest Secrets" of All Time & More

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, longtime director of the Justice Department's Office of Information and Privacy Daniel J. Metcalfe has released a book entitled Inside Justice: Secrecy at Work.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, longtime director of the Justice Department's Office of Information and Privacy Daniel J. Metcalfe has released a book entitled Inside Justice: Secrecy at Work.
  • The book is available now from Amazon , Barnes & Noble , or Amplify Publishing Group .
  • Inside Justice is a comprehensive history of the development and implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) during the 20th century and into the 21st.
  • Inside Justice is at once a candid, highly readable memoir infused with sly humor, a deeply researched and argued call to action, and an unprecedented history of government secrecy.

Future of Privacy Forum Recognizes Two Privacy and Technology Leaders with Career Awards

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Monday, June 19, 2023
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Future of Privacy Forum Recognizes Two Privacy and Technology Leaders with Career Awards

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  • Future of Privacy Forum Recognizes Two Privacy and Technology Leaders with Career Awards
    The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) — presented Maneesha Mithal, a long-time leader in privacy and consumer protection at the Federal Trade Commission, the Distinguished Public Service Award, and Jane Horvath, Apple’s former Chief Privacy Officer and a privacy and technology trailblazer of more than two decades, the Career Achievement Award.
  • The awards were presented at the FPF Advisory Board Meeting on June 13, an annual gathering of senior privacy leaders at companies, academia, civil society, and government.
  • The Distinguished Public Service Award acknowledges an individual whose public service career efforts are notable for advancing protection as a government regulator.
  • FPF awards the Career Achievement Award to private sector leaders who have made major contributions to advancing the values of data protection.

FTC and DOJ Charge Amazon with Violating Children’s Privacy Law by Keeping Kids’ Alexa Voice Recordings Forever and Undermining Parents’ Deletion Requests

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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FTC and DOJ Charge Amazon with Violating Children’s Privacy Law by Keeping Kids’ Alexa Voice Recordings Forever and Undermining Parents’ Deletion Requests

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“Amazon’s history of misleading parents, keeping children’s recordings indefinitely, and flouting parents’ deletion requests violated COPPA and sacrificed privacy for profits,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

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  • “Amazon’s history of misleading parents, keeping children’s recordings indefinitely, and flouting parents’ deletion requests violated COPPA and sacrificed privacy for profits,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.
  • According to the complaint, Amazon prominently and repeatedly assured its users, including parents, that they could delete voice recordings collected from its Alexa voice assistant and geolocation information collected by the Alexa app.
  • Amazon also offers Alexa-enabled devices and services targeted to children and collects personal data, including voice recordings, from children.
  • Even when Amazon discovered its failures to delete geolocation data, the FTC said that Amazon repeatedly failed to fix the problems.

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    In addition to the data deletion requirement in the proposed order, Amazon will be required to pay a $25 million civil penalty. Other provisions of the proposed order:
    • The Commission vote closed on a date prior to Commissioner Christine S. Wilson’s departure from the agency.
    • Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya also issued a separate statement, joined by FTC Chair Lina M. Khan and Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.  The Department of Justice filed the complaint and the stipulated order in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
    • The lead staff attorneys on this matter are Elisa Jillson, Andy Hasty, and Julia Horwitz from the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

FLYERSRIGHTS.ORG FILES BOEING 737 MAX FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT LAWSUIT REPLY BRIEF

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Monday, March 13, 2023
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WASHINGTON, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FlyersRights.org submitted its reply brief to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case to obtain information on the fixes the FAA would approve for the Boeing 737 MAX and the results of flight tests and safety analyses. The case is scheduled for Oral Argument on April 20, 2023.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FlyersRights.org submitted its reply brief to the D.C.
  • Circuit Court of Appeals in its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case to obtain information on the fixes the FAA would approve for the Boeing 737 MAX and the results of flight tests and safety analyses.
  • In the aftermath of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, Boeing CEOs and FAA Administrators made numerous transparency pledges at Congressional hearings.
  • Finally, the brief contended that the FAA did not properly segregate information that could be released from information that the FAA determined would be withheld.

Conviction Secured for 36-year Old Female in a Doxxing Case Relating to Monetary Dispute

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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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Date: 1 February 2023

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  • Date: 1 February 2023
    Conviction Secured for 36-year Old Female in
    a Doxxing Case Relating to Monetary Disputea
    The Shatin Magistrates’ Court today (1 February 2023) convicted a 36-year old female, Ms SHAM Chun-kiu (defendant), of 14 charges of doxxing offence upon her guilty plea.
  • This is the third conviction under the new anti-doxxing regime which took effect on 8 October 2021.
  • The court adjourned the case to 8 March for sentence, pending the acquisition of relevant report(s).
  • A person who commits an offence under section 64(3A) is liable on conviction to a fine of $100,000 and imprisonment for 2 years.

FTC Enforcement Action to Bar GoodRx from Sharing Consumers’ Sensitive Health Info for Advertising

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
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FTC Enforcement Action to Bar GoodRx from Sharing Consumers’ Sensitive Health Info for Advertising

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Making the Second Request Process Both More Streamlined and More Rigorous During this Unprecedented Merger Wave

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Saturday, January 21, 2023
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Minister of Justice refers case of Wade Skiffington to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia

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The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced today that following an extensive review, he has referred the case of Mr. Wade Skiffington to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia for a new appeal pursuant to the conviction review provisions of the Criminal Code.

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  • The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced today that following an extensive review, he has referred the case of Mr. Wade Skiffington to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia for a new appeal pursuant to the conviction review provisions of the Criminal Code.
  • Before deciding to order a new trial or appeal, the Minister of Justice must be satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to conclude that a miscarriage of justice likely occurred.
  • His appeal to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia dismissed his appeal in 2004.
  • The Criminal Conviction Review Group of the Department of Justice conducts an investigation on behalf of the Minister of Justice.