“Redress” = Due Process

by Jim Harper on February 9, 2009 · View Comments

In discussions about data-intensive government programs like watchlists, people often talk about the importance of “redress” – giving the public some way to correct information or dispute adverse decisions arising from these programs.

“Redress” is a misnomer that diminishes the importance of the subject at hand. Constitutional Due Process is what’s at stake. So says the Ninth Circuit in the case of Humphries v. County of Los Angeles.

View Comments Posted in: Miscellaneous, Privacy, Security & Government Surveillance

  • This is great news. Best of luck for the future and keep up the good work.
  • MikeRT
    The ACLU could quickly solve this by creating a national registry for police brutality that operates on similarly flimsy grounds just to make a political statement.
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