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Private and Privileged Data: Public Records and FOIA Requests

eDiscovery Daily

Information requested from a government agency through a local public records request or the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), may be considered private, personally identifiable information (PII) or privileged. Tools to Prepare Data for a Public or FOIA Request. By: Julia Romero-Peter, Esq.

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What are the Growing Challenges with Public Records/FOIA Requests?

eDiscovery Daily

Sensitive Information: Balancing transparency with privacy and national security concerns can be challenging. The post What are the Growing Challenges with Public Records/FOIA Requests? Some of the additional challenges include: Volume of Requests: The high volume of requests can overwhelm agencies with limited resources.

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CISA: “We don’t stab the wounded.”

Data Matters

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), repeatedly emphasizes CISA’s cooperative approach with the U.S. Instead, she described the Agency as a coequal partner with the private sector in securing U.S. Jen Easterly, Director of the U.S. private sector. infrastructure.

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Applying AI to License Plate Surveillance

Schneier on Security

A FOIA he filed with the Westchester police revealed that the ALPR system was scanning over 16 million license plates a week, across 480 ALPR cameras. But in this case it was used to examine the driving patterns of anyone passing one of Westchester County’s 480 cameras over a two-year period. ” And he had the data to back it up.

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Michigan Adopts National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law

Data Matters

On December 28, 2018, Michigan adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law in the form of Michigan H.B. FOIA Protections. The Act does not, of course, supersede federal privacy or data security laws, such as HIPAA. 6491 (Act). MCL § 500.550. MCL § 500.550.

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Archives Records 2018 RMS Annual Meeting

The Schedule

Perhaps one of the most interesting points she raised was about the potential impact of the new EU right to privacy rule. The second speaker was Nate Jones, Director of the FOIA Project for the National Security Archive. Nate Jones, Director of the FOIA Project at the National Security Archives, addresses attendees.

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Supreme Court Holds Corporations Do Not Have “Personal Privacy” under Freedom of Information Act

Hunton Privacy

finding that corporations are not entitled to “personal privacy” and therefore may not invoke Exemption 7(C) of the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). The Court disagreed and reversed a Third Circuit decision that extended “personal privacy” rights to corporations. AT&T Inc.

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