If telephone records were accessed, that could be a violation of the Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1039, which prohibits making false or fraudulent statements to obtain another person's telephone records.
It is encouraging campaigners to use the data protection act to find out what records the "domestic extremism" unit is holding on them.
This patchwork includes privacy regulations on student records, video rentals, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA, 2000), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA, 2006) and more.
Some piecemeal protections are in place: a 1984 act protecting cable TV bills; the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act, passed after a newspaper published the video rental records of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork.
In particular, well meaning but misplaced concerns about the data protection act and copyright must not stop the recording and transmission of information presented in open court.
The court unanimously upheld the Drivers Privacy Protection Act, which bars states from selling personal information contained in motor vehicle records.
The original Video Privacy Protection Act was passed in 1988, after a Supreme Court nominee, Robert Bork, had his video rental record published by a journalist.
The Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 outlines the rights of both employers and employees with respect to accessing driving records.
Take the Video Privacy Protection Act, enacted by Congress in 1988, after a local newspaper in Washington obtained and published the video rental records of Robert Bork, a Supreme Court nominee.
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 bans calls to cellphones only if they are made by automatic dialers or use recorded messages.
