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March 6th Event: Privacy and Safety in the Digital Age
Privacy and Safety in the Digital Age: Location Tracking and Fourth Amendment Concerns A Panel Discussion On January 23rd, a unanimous Supreme Court held in United States v. Jones that when the police attach a GPS device to an individual’s car and use…
Author: The Constitution Project
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Britain rebuked for spying on us for seven years
Original Source By Dearbhail McDonald, Legal Editor THE British government illegally and secretly monitored every telephone, fax and email to and from the UK and Ireland for seven years. Laws surrounding mass covert surveillance, which the British government insisted were necessary to combat a growing…
Author: The Irish Independent
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ACT NOW -- Transgender Rights for Ireland
By Sara R Phillips, Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) Today, I am a woman — plainly and simply female. My passport says so; my driver’s license says so; my bank details say so. My children, my parents, work colleagues, neighbours and friends, all leave me…
Author: Huffington Post
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Weighing the Best Vehicles For Philanthropic Giving
By Paul Sullivan KEN NOPAR, who advises others about philanthropy, will face his own decision on charitable giving when his parents die. Should he and his brother keep their parents’ private foundation going or transfer the assets into a donor-advised fund, where they have less…
Author: The New York Times
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DNA proposal 'will violate rights'
by KARABO KEEPILE The South African Human Rights Commission has balked at proposed legislation designed to equip police crime-fighters with a DNA database, arguing that a number of its provisions may be unconstitutional. In a public hearing in Parliament on Tuesday, the commission argued that…
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'Security safeguards needed' for new photo ID cards
Original Source by Fiach Kelly CIVIL liberties groups and opposition politicians yesterday said that adequate safeguards should be put in place for a new photo ID card. The Department of Social and Family Affairs has confirmed that it is developing a card “that acts as…
Author: Irish Independent
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Why Donating Millions Is Hard To Keep Secret
Anonymous Gifts Are Growing, But Groups Are Under Pressure To Reveal Benefactors’ Names As anonymous giving to charities increases, it’s getting harder for donors to maintain the anonymous part. Wealthy philanthropists last year made 37 gifts of $5 million or more without publicly revealing their…
Author: Wall Street Journal
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Government Launches Irish National Dementia Strategy
Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Tánaiste Joan Burton and Minister for Primary and Social Care Kathleen Lynch today (Wednesday 17th December 2014) launched the Irish National Dementia Strategy. This honours the commitment in the Programme for Government to develop a national Alzheimer’s and other dementias strategy to…
Author: Department of Health Ireland
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One Less Thing to Worry About for Mother’s Day
Many families do not know their children may be eligible for free or low cost health care coverage through Medicaid and CHIP, and that it’s not too late to enroll. The article below is part of the Connecting Kids to Coverage Blog Carnival at MomsRising, which…
Author: MomsRising
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Policies In Response To The Terrorist Attacks Have Undermined Our Historical Commitment to Human Rights
By Faiza Patel Like all anniversaries, this Sept. 11 prompts us to reflect on what has changed in the past decade. Certainly, the “war on terror” has brought fundamental changes to America’s place in the world, our international priorities and our system of laws. But…
Author: The National Law Journal
