NDAA 2014

From the Tenth Amendment Center at this link: http://tracking.tenthamendmentcenter.com/issues/ndaa/?doing_wp_cron=1397427336.5003750324249267578125 “The federal government, under the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF), claims the power to arrest and detain people within the US and deny them access to courts, attorneys and more. In short, this is little more …

Advice from Attorney General regarding Target’s credit card security breach

Senator Brownsberger’s office received the following press release from the Attorney General’s office, offering advice for consumers who may have been affected by the Target credit card security breach. ______________________________________________________________ IN WAKE OF TARGET DATA BREACH, AG COAKLEY OFFERS ADVICE TO CONSUMERS, LAUNCHES REVIEW OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO BREACH BOSTON – Following reports of …

Advice from Attorney General regarding Target’s credit card account breach

Senator Brownsberger’s office received the following press release from the Attorney General’s office providing advice for consumers who may have been affected by the Target credit card security breach. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      MEDIA CONTACT: December 19, 2013                                                                            Jillian Fennimore (617) 727-2543 IN WAKE OF TARGET DATA BREACH, AG COAKLEY OFFERS ADVICE TO CONSUMERS, LAUNCHES REVIEW …

Privacy – It’s not just the NSA, it’s Boston Police abusing Your Rights

For anyone interested in how well meaning government policies and practices can be subverted or simply mis-implemented, please see the Globe article: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/14/boston-police-suspend-use-high-tech-licence-plate-readers-amid-privacy-concerns/B2hy9UIzC7KzebnGyQ0JNM/story.html *Direct quotes from this article are indicated by trailing asterisk Summary: The Boston Police operate an automated license plate scanner program. The purpose is to gather as much information as possible and …

S796, An Act updating privacy protections for personal electronic information

Senator Brownsberger submitted the following written testimony to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary.   TO:           Committee on the Judiciary  FROM:     Senator William N. Brownsberger  RE:           S796, An Act updating privacy protections for personal electronic information  DATE:      July 9, 2013  I write in support of S796, An Act updating privacy protections for personal electronic information.  …