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Tagged: privacy

National Archives / NSA

September 6, 2018

The NSA Wants to Destroy Records of Complaints & Allegations

Exclusive: NSA’s plan to pulp complaints records after one year.

Corporations / FTC

July 5, 2018

Google’s FTC-Mandated Privacy Assessments

{Exclusive} Previously unseen documents about Google’s privacy practices, as required by a Federal Trade Commission order.

FOIA / Justice Department

January 16, 2018

Justice Department’s Most Recent Report on Data-Mining Activities

Exclusive The Justice Department’s most recent report on data-mining activities of FBI, DEA, ATF, etc. Unlike other agencies required to file these reports with Congress, Justice doesn’t post theirs online.

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American Oversight@weareoversight·

February 26

New: We’re challenging excessive redactions of USPS chief DeJoy’s calendar.

USPS’s shifting arguments for hiding DeJoy’s calendars from FOIA requests threaten to create blanket exemptions for practically any USPS records.
https://t.co/IMRQ6OGk1A

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Dr. Heather Ann Thompson@hthompsn·

February 27

So glad to have been a part of this CBS/BET collaboration Boiling Point and this episode in particular on Attica re criminal INjustice then and now. Join us Sunday at 8pm on BET for this episode and me and Lawrence Bartley Sat at 1pm on BET Instagram Live talking about Attica https://t.co/yCHNq1LXzM

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CJ Griffin @CJGriffinEsq·

February 26

A New Jersey agency tried to argue a few years ago that OPRA could only be used by residents of NJ and a trial court agreed. We appealed and won. Such restrictions are absurd (and also easy to evade). https://t.co/O14jvukwBF

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Russ at AltGov2.org [FOIA / anti-secrecy]@thememoryhole2·

February 26

Among other shitty things, this bill would forbid anyone outside Kentucky from making public-records requests. (Only a handful of states, mostly in the South, have this anti-transparency feature.)

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Lexington Herald-Leader@heraldleader·

February 26

Kentucky House votes to weaken open records law and shield lawmakers from inquiries
https://t.co/llBkm2Hecj

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