Blog #7 By Tajmina

Blog Assignment 7: Privacy Scavenger Hunt

Supreme Court to Rule on Privacy of Hotel Records :

 

 Supreme Court agreed to hear Los Angeles Vs. Patel, a challenge to a local ordinance that allows police to inspect hotel guest registries without a warrant or judicial supervision. A federal appeals court ruled that the LA law said it was unconstitutional because the authority could violate the Fourth Amendment. The Supreme Court will consider both the privacy protections for hotel guests and also whether the Fourth Amendment  which prohibits laws that allow unlawful searches. In my opinion, Supreme court should allow the privacy protection because protection comes first then anything else. LA has a higher crime rate because it allows most of the rule as "Unconstitutional".

 

Guy Comcast Got Fired Now Suing Comcast For Violating Federal Privacy Law :

 

Conal O’Rourke, claims that after a series of calls with Comcast’s customer service department, Comcast complained to his employer about him and he was fired from his job.  A cable company willing to bend or break the law and reveal innocuous information perhaps shouldn't be trusted to act better with more personal information. In my opinion, The sharing of even seemingly harmless identifying personal information represents a pretty massive screw up on Comcast's part.

 

 

EPIC Urges Department of Transportation to Protect Driver Privacy :

 

EPIC has submitted detailed comments to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, urging the agency to protect driver privacy for "vehicle-to-vehicle" aka V2V technology. The technology transmits data between vehicles to facilitate warnings to drivers concerning impending crashes. It also urged National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to protect driver privacy and establish privacy safeguards for car "black boxes." In my opinion, I like this idea and I think it will help out a lot in the case of privacy and it will benefit drivers.