PIM interview: Data privacy activist Rich Neumeister is always on the case

[This interview first ran in the April 10, 2009 issue of the PIM Weekly Report.]Among the hordes of lobbyists who ply their trade at the Capitol, only a few are unpaid citizen activists. And of these, the most indefatigable is privacy and public data expert Rich Neumeister, who’s been treading the halls there for 30 [...]

Criminal intelligence data or control files? New BCA proposal offers glimpse of major expansion in snooping

“Criminal intelligence data may be shared with: …(2) a law enforcement agency to charge a person with a crime or allege that a juvenile is delinquent…” That’s the best schoolmarm line from a wild new bill emanating from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). One could imagine law enforcement wants to finally comb through all [...]

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