The Drone Project » Privacy http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org Medill students examine issues surrounding drones Tue, 21 May 2013 13:45:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Charlottesville initiates the drone conversation http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/charlottesville-initiates-the-drone-conversation/ http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/charlottesville-initiates-the-drone-conversation/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:52:23 +0000 http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/?p=56 By Gideon Resnick

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Charlottesville is home to the University of Virginia with Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello nearby. Now it is also known as a “No Drone Zone” because of a City Council …

]]> http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/charlottesville-initiates-the-drone-conversation/feed/ 0 The Fourth Amendment perspective http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/drone-surveillance-a-fourth-amendment-perspective-fritz-burgher/ http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/drone-surveillance-a-fourth-amendment-perspective-fritz-burgher/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:49:01 +0000 http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/?p=52 By Fritz Burgher

Privacy law has evolved over the past century as technology has rapidly improved. To learn about key Supreme Court decisions and how they may relate to domestic surveillance via the use of drones, explore the timeline below. …

]]> http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/drone-surveillance-a-fourth-amendment-perspective-fritz-burgher/feed/ 0 ‘Drones are going to turn people into chickens in cages. They’ll be watched all the time’ http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/100/ http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/100/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:32:34 +0000 http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/?p=100

Reporter Gideon Resnik interviews Amie Stepanovich of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and John W. Whitehead, founder of The Rutherford Institute in Charlottesville, Virginia, about civil liberties issues related to drones. …

]]> http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/100/feed/ 0 Privacy advocates criticize border patrol drones in Senate immigration plan http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/headline-privacy-advocates-criticize-border-patrol-drones-in-senate-immigration-plan-cathaleen-chen-and-kimberly-railey/ http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/headline-privacy-advocates-criticize-border-patrol-drones-in-senate-immigration-plan-cathaleen-chen-and-kimberly-railey/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:37:38 +0000 http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/?p=42 By Cathaleen Chen and Kimberly Railey

WASHINGTON —The Senate immigration bill would create a a 24/7 surveillance system at U.S. borders that would rely significantly on increased use of drones.

Under the bill, no immigrant with provisional legal status could …

]]> http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/headline-privacy-advocates-criticize-border-patrol-drones-in-senate-immigration-plan-cathaleen-chen-and-kimberly-railey/feed/ 0 Privacy hawks complicate path for drones over U.S. http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/privacy-hawks-complicate-path-for-drones-over-u-s-skies-marshall-cohen/ http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/privacy-hawks-complicate-path-for-drones-over-u-s-skies-marshall-cohen/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:31:32 +0000 http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/?p=35 By Marshall Cohen

WASHINGTON — The rapidly expanding industry of domestic drones is effectively unregulated when it comes to privacy protections — but not for lack of trying.

Congress has passed few laws regulating drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, but …

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