Topic: Privacy Rights
AP News | 2010-03-02 16:46:30
German high court overturns anti-terror law on keeping phone, e-mail data; orders revisions
Germany's highest court on Tuesday overturned a law that let anti-terror authorities retain data on telephone calls and e-mails, saying it posed a "grave intrusion" to personal privacy rights and must be revised. The court ruling was the latest to sharply criticize a major initiative by ...
AP News | 2009-08-04 20:16:45
<div id="subtitle">Colorado prosecutor denies violating immigrant privacy rights in identity-theft investigation</div><div><p>Colorado authorities say they did not violate anyone's privacy rights when they seized thousands of tax documents to investigate undocumented immigrants for identity theft.</p><p>In a late Monday filing ...
AP News | 2009-07-21 18:52:40
<div id="subtitle">Republicans delay panel vote on Sotomayor as GOP moderates, abortion rights group add support</div><div><p>The Senate Judiciary Committee put off its vote Tuesday on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for one week amid objections from the panel's conservative Republicans, even as the judge's support ...
AP Features | 2009-07-21 14:01:41
<div><p>The abortion rights group NARAL ProChoice America says it's endorsing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.</p><p>NARAL says Sotomayor's (SUHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') testimony during her confirmation hearings shows President Barack Obama's first high court choice is a stronger supporter of privacy rights than either Chief Justice ...
