Dissent
Over 50 organizations and 75 bloggers have now joined the campaign to stop REAL ID. The deadline for submitting comments to the Department of Homeland Security is May 8th at 5:00 pm EST, so take a minute to send your comments now!
Cross-posted from Chronicles of Dissent.
For better or worse, and mostly worse, here's my list of top 10 privacy breaches or outrages of the year. Some of the entries below received a lot of media coverage, while others seem to have been ignored or only had 15 minutes of fame.
Poll 54 votes Show Results Do you think that the 110th Congress will do a better job on protecting our privacy than the 109th Congress did? No Yes Uncertain 54 votes Vote Now! Do you think that the 110th Congress will do a better job on protecting our privacy than the 109th Congress did? No 10 votes Yes 28 votes Uncertain 16 votes
Now it seems that some of the staff are under investigation.
Tomorrow, the NYS Board of Regents meets to vote on proposed regulations that open the door to allow aversives to be used on disabled students in NY schools and in NYS-approved private schools. See my earlier diaries on the NYS proposals for more info.
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For background on the proposed regulations, see my previous diaries on this issue here and here. Read More
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