Tag: privacy

CALFire Accused of Not Respecting the Privacy of Rural Landowners

Thursday, 9 October 2008, 12:45 pm Kym Kemp 6 comments

Calfire re-ignited smoldering issues of privacy this last week when a Captain began attempting to do fire inspections on residents in outlying areas west of Garberville. Code enforcement problems recently caused outraged country folk to descend on County Supervisors, and now, Calfire may have fanned cooling privacy concerns into flames. A local volunteer fireman who wished to remain anonymous explained

You Can't Have Just One

Sunday, 21 October 2007, 10:56 am Kym Kemp 15 comments

Yesterday, the Times Online reported that a British secondary school was conducting an experiment. The administration was tracking students by embedding microchips in their clothing. On the teachers’ computers, the chip provides information on what classroom the student is supposed to be in, the student’s academic performance, and allows retrieval of the student’s photo. The chip also allows a student’s