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Education or Exploitation? When a Patient’s Death is Broadcast Without Permission

January 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Ethicists say medical reality shows exploit patients’ pain for public consumption, but their makers argue that they educate viewers and inspire people to choose careers in medicine.

Taxpayers’ Bill for Rick Scott’s Losing Battle to Drug-Test Welfare Recipients: $307,000 and Rising

December 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

ACLU of Florida Executive Director Howard Simon, who blamed the governor and the Legislature for the cost to taxpayers, blasted Scott for refusing to back down as the governor mulls appealing the latest decision calling his ploy unconstitutional.

“Personhood” Amendment Crushed Even in the Reddest State, Dealing Blow to Abortion Foes

November 6, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Two proposed constitutional amendments that would have declared life starting at conception were overwhelmingly defeated in North Dakota and Colorado, with two-thirds of voters opposed.

As Florida Bans Use of Biometric IDs in Schools, Other States Scale Back on Big Brother

November 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Laws cracking down on student-tracking technology reflect a growing sense of unease among parents over how biometrics are being used, what student data is being collected and stored and what security protects the information.

Does Life Begin at Conception? Nation Eyes Referendum That May Set Precedent

November 1, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The battle over North Dakota’s Measure 1 highlights the biggest trend in national abortion politics this November: wide-ranging pro-life ballot initiatives that would alter state constitutions in ways whose long-term repercussions are difficult to predict.

Florida Supreme Court Rejects Cell-Phone Tracking by Police, Citing Privacy Rights

October 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Justices, in a 5-2 decision, sided with a man who was arrested in 2007 in Broward County after a search of his vehicle uncovered a kilogram brick of cocaine hidden in a spare-tire well. Police tracked the man, Shawn Alvin Tracey, through location information given off when cell-phone calls are made.

FPL’s $13-a-Month Surcharge on Customers Who Refuse Smart Meters Draws Challenges

October 1, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The dispute involves only a fraction of FPL’s customers, but it is part of a broader controversy in which critics say they worry the new meter technology could pose threats to their privacy or health.

Nursing Home Surveillance: Should You Be Able to Spy On Your Grandma’s Caretakers?

September 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Illinois may be about to join at least four other states that have laws or regulations allowing residents to maintain cameras in nursing home patients’ rooms. Florida is not among them.

How the NRA Treats Gun Owners Like Children

August 9, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The statistical risk of dying by gunshot increases dramatically when you possess a gun in your home. So does your spouse’s and child’s risk. It’s a health risk like unprotected sex. Doctors can ask about unprotected sex. Why not ask about guns?

Domestic Spying: How Marketers’ Tracking of Your Web History Is Getting Creepier–Offline

June 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Online marketers are increasingly seeking to track users offline, as well, by collecting data about people’s offline habits—such as recent purchases, where you live, how many kids you have, and what kind of car you drive.

Despite Parental Notification Law, Court Finds Room for Teens to Protect Privacy When Seeking Abortion

April 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Florida voters in 2004 approved a constitutional amendment that requires parents to be notified before their minor daughters can have abortions. But an appeals court ruling released Friday shows how far teens can go to challenge the law–and preserve their privacy when seeking an abortion.

Federal Lawsuit Against Palm Coast Code Enforcement Charges Search and Due Process Violations

March 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

The Thomas lawsuit charges Palm Coast Code Enforcement personnel of violating property and privacy rights to obtain evidence. (Zen Sutherland)

Linda Thomas, a retired attorney in Palm Coast, filed the lawsuit in federal district court, charging the city’s code enforcement division with violations of the 4th and 14th amendments. Flagler County circuit court in two rulings already found the code enforcement division had improperly and arbitrarily cited Thomas, but the court did not address constitutional issues.

Palm Coast’s Red-Light Cameras: How the City Council Locked In a Fraud on Taxpayers Through 2019

March 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 62 Comments

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Palm Coast’s red-light cameras siphon off more than $2.5 million out of the local economy every year, in the share that goes to the state and to ATS, the company that runs the scheme, yet the city council quietly approved the deal through 2019, long past the terms of every one of the council members and some of their successors.

State Study Skeptical of Red-Light Cameras’ Effectiveness Buoys Senator’s Push For Repeal

February 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The report from theFlorida Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability found there were fewer fatalities but more crashes at electronically monitored intersections, and that fines issued due to the technology cost motorists nearly $119 million last year. The study cast doubt on cameras as safety-inducing devices.

He Won’t Give Up: Scott Taking Drug Testing of State Employees to U.S. Supreme Court

January 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Lawyers for Scott filed a petition this week asking the Supreme Court to hear the case, after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last year ruled against across-the-board drug testing, but various groups blasted the Scott administration for continuing to pursue the drug tests. They pointed to repeated past rulings against such drug testing.

Gov. Scott Now 0-For-4 on Drug-Testing as Federal Judge Harshly Criticizes Violation of Welfare Recipients’ Rights

January 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

In a harshly worded, 30-page opinion, the judge concluded that “there is no set of circumstances under which the warrantless, suspicionless drug testing at issue in this case could be constitutionally applied.”

Florida Loses Out on FAA Drone Testing In Latest Blow to Kennedy Space Center

December 31, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Space Florida’s $1.4 million proposal wasn’t among the six chosen Monday by the Federal Aviation Administration to develop technologies so drones could share airspace with existing traffic.

Your Backpack Please: Florida Appeal Court Rules Legal Search Based on Anonymous Tip

December 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A high school student who took a loaded gun to school argued that the search of his back-pack, based on an anonymous tip, was illegal. A 2-1 ruling of the Third District Court of Appeal disagreed.

Employers Would Be Barred From Using Applicants’ Credit Reports or Firing Pregnant Women

December 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee gave support to both proposals on Monday, even though a number of senators expressed concern about limiting an employer’s ability to use a credit history when judging a potential new hire for a non-financial or non-managerial role.

They’re Not Speed Traps: New Spy Cameras on U.S. 1 in Palm Coast Aimed at Overweight Trucks

November 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Crews last week installed video cameras on both sides of U.S. 1 between Royal Palms Parkway and Whiteview Parkway as part of a $1.2 million project to monitor the weight of large trucks. Additional cameras will go up by the northbound lanes of U.S. 1, near the weigh station.

Justices Skeptical of Red-Light Cameras as Supreme Court Hears Case Affecting Palm Coast

November 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

With one insistent exception, Florida Supreme Court justices on Thursday strongly questioned the legality of city ordinances that permitted red-light traffic cameras that spread around Florida before 2010, when the state standardized those systems. Cities like Palm Coast may have to refund fines should the court rule against the local ordinances.

Should Cops Have Power to Track You in Real Time Through Cell Phones? Court Will Decide.

October 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Grappling with privacy rights amid fast-changing technology, the Florida Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in a challenge to police using “real-time” cell-phone information to track a suspect in a drug case.

Lawmakers File Bill to Prohibit Red-Light Cameras in Florida as Palm Coast Snaps On

September 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

GOP Sen. Jeff Brandes blames red-light cameras “as backdoor tax increases,” but the Palm Coast City Council Tuesday reasserted its commitment to its 43 cameras even as they siphon out more than $3 million a year from the local economy–in taxes to state government, and in revenue to ATS, the Arizona-based company that runs the system.

Police Chiefs and Civil Liberties Lawyers Tangle Over Florida’s Drug-Monitoring Database

August 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Florida Department of Health officials say they want to tighten security on the state’s prescription-drug monitoring program, after the names and detailed prescription-drug histories of more than 3,000 people were released to defense attorneys after a drug sting in May.

In a First, Flagler County Will Prohibit Legal Tobacco Use On and Off the Job For New Hires

August 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

It is the first time a local government has made new employment conditional on the prohibition of use of a legal substance, though numerous governments and private employers are increasingly taking the same approach, and Palm Cast and the school board may soon hop on board.

Data-Mining Goes Carnivore on Florida’s Public Records to Help Lobbyists and Candidates

August 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

“Contributionlink,” the brainchild of lobbyist Brecht Heuchan, gives lobbyists and candidates an edge by mining a myriad of public databases, creating profiles of current and potential donors and showing clients how their money stacks up against the competition.

Supreme Court to Hear Red-Light Camera Challenge in Case That Will Affect Palm Coast

August 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The $1.7 million Palm Cast reaped in red-light camera fines between 2008 and 2010 may be at stake if the Florida Supreme Court rules such systems illegal after it hears the much-anticipated case on Oct. 8, with ramifications for numerous cities and counties across the state.

Not So Fast Missy: How a Protester Exposed an Undercover Cop

August 21, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

When the author first met her four years ago, she couldn’t have known that the small-framed woman with spiky brown hair and intense eyes was anything but a fellow activist showing up for a protest in Washington, D.C. She turned out to be an undercover cop ordered to secretly spy on peaceful protesters, violate their freedom of speech and assembly, and disregard their right to privacy.

“Anybody But DCF”: Judge Wants Failing Agency Off Child Investigations After 5th Death

July 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

On Monday, the department released information about the weekend death of a Homestead child who had earlier come to the attention of child-welfare officials. The death was the fifth such case since May 16 and followed the resignation last week of DCF Secretary David Wilkins, who left amid controversy about his approach to child safety.

Palm Coast Sours on Traffic Cameras, Calling Fines “Outrageous,” “Overkill” and “Unfriendly”

June 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

In a surprising and radical shift, Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon used harsh words to describe the city’s red-light camera program, saying that while the system makes intersections safer, its harsh punishments are out of proportion with the crime, and Palm Coast’s drivers–and the city’s image–are suffering as a result. But he is less clear on how to improve the system, which he does not want dismantled.

Palm Coast Pledges to Stick to $158 Red-Light Camera Fines and Tackle Vanished Payments

June 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council will forego adopting steeper fines, of up to $408, for red-light camera tickets, but it has yet to find a solution to a problem particular to the city: the large number of people who pay their tickets but whose payments appear never to register with ATS, the company managing–and profiting from–the system, causing drivers headaches and additional costs.

NSA Black Holes: 5 Things We Still Don’t Know About Spy Agency’s Snooping

June 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The FBI and the National Security Agency have been collecting Americans’ phone records en masse and the agencies have access to data from nine tech companies. But secrecy around the programs has meant even basic questions are still unanswered. Here’s what we still don’t know:

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Scott’s Drug-Testing of State Workers as Too Broad

May 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals declared an executive order by Riock Scott to drug-test 85,000 state employees and all job applicants as mostly unconstitutional, but left room for a lower court decision to be rewritten to allow for certain employees in certain categories to be drug tested–essentially restoring Florida’s drug-testing standard to what it was before the governor’s executive order.

President Barack Aux Scandals

May 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

The Benghazi story is a bogus scandal. IRS targeting of conservative groups and the Justice Department’s hacking of reporters’ phones is not. The Obama presidency is getting derailed, and that’s without going down the path of even more serious scandals Washington and the electorate are accepting as business as usual.

Should Teachers Be Able to Spy on Students’ Study Habits?

April 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

An electronic-textbook company called CourseSmart lets teachers track whether and how their students are reading assigned textbooks, allowing them to tack on “engagement index” scores to the students’ performance. It’s the latest form of intrusion in private habits driven more by marketing and gimmickry than good intentions.

Facebook Effect: For Workers On or Off the Job, Individual Rights Are Dead

April 7, 2013 | Pierre Tristam | 20 Comments

Employers’ presumptions on workers’ behavior on and off the job have more in common with the inquisition or police states than with the bill of rights. Transgressors are routinely humiliated, silenced, censured or fired over speech or behavior companies should have no right to police.

Bill Would Require Warrant for Now-Routine Cell Phone Searches and Electronic Tracking

March 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Currently, police can search the possessions – including the contents of a personal electronic device – of someone who is arrested. The bill would require a warrant except under certain circumstances, including scenarios related to national security and missing children.

Proposed Law Would Curtail Palm Coast’s Ability to Convict Red-Light Camera Violators

March 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

The proposed law, by Sen. Joseph Abruzzo, would shift the burden of proof of a red-light violation to the government imposing the fine, it would eliminate citations for right-turns on red, and it would require a live, government representative at hearings to prove that a violation took place.

Gov. Scott Loses Welfare Drug-Testing Case Again, But Vows to Fight On to Supreme Court

February 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said the state had not shown a “special need” for drug testing applicants to the program known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It upheld a preliminary injunction issued in 2011 by U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven.

Bipartisan Bill to Repeal Red-Light Cameras Advances in Florida Legislature

February 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

A bi-partisan proposal would repeal the three-year-old Florida law allowing cities to install spy-and-snap cameras. The repeal, if enacted, would again crimp the revenue of local governments such as Palm Coast, which use the cameras’ ticker revenue to supplement their general fund.

Drones Among Us: Florida Police Want Video Surveillance Power Over Big Sports Events

February 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Bill sponsor Sen. Joe Negron and police couldn’t agree on the use of drones as extra eyes in the sky at large-crowd events, such as a football game, with Negron saying monitoring crowds goes too far – and that he’d vote against his own bill (SB 92) if it were changed to allow that.

“Don’t Miss the Signs”: In Florida, Campaign and Means to Report Child Abuse Broaden

January 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Last year, the Florida Legislature passed the nation’s most protective child abuse reporting law. The state’s abuse hotline will accept reports of abuse committed by people other than parents and primary caregivers, such as a coach, teacher or neighbor.

Red-Light Cameras on Palm Coast Parkway Used to Arrest Hit-and-Run Suspect

January 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The arrest is the latest indication of the sheriff’s office stepped-up use of Palm Coast’s traffic cameras, which are increasing from 10 to more than 50, and blanketing all the city’s major and medium intersections.

Senate Committee Approves Drone Ban in Florida Skies, With Some Police Exceptions

January 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The ban on unmanned drones used by police in Florida would include exceptions for use with a search warrant or in certain cases, as when a child in danger. The measure (SB 92) was approved unanimously Tuesday by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee.

Bill Filed in Florida to Repeal Red-Light Cameras as State Report Points to Fewer Crashes

January 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

A South Florida lawmaker filed legislation Friday to repeal the law allowing the use of red light cameras, following a report earlier this week that says intersections where they’re used have seen drops in crashes in most places.

City Thuggery: Florida Supreme Court Should Ban Red-Light Spy-and-Snap Traffic Cameras

December 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

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Florida’s new law legalizing red-light cameras ensures that state coffers are on the take. But it does not address the fundamental problems with spy-and-snap cameras. There are innumerable reasons to ban them. There’s only one reason to keep them, and it’s a slimy one: money.

Bill Filed to Ban Police from Using Drones To Gather Evidence Anywhere in Florida

December 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Miami Police were the first civilian police agency in the nation to use unmanned drones, but police anywhere in Florida would be prohibited from using un-manned drones to gather evidence or other information, under a bill filed Thursday by Senate Republican Joe Negron.

Parental Notification: Court Reverses Florida Teen’s Abortion Disclosure Requirement

November 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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In a case that offers a glimpse of the complexity of Florida’s parental-notification of abortion law, a divided appeals court overruled a Polk County judge and said a 17-year-old girl could receive an abortion without her mother being told.

How Companies Mine Your Facebook Profile, Tweets and Posts, and Sell Your Habits

November 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Some companies record — and then resell — your screen names, web site addresses, interests, hometown and professional history, and how many friends or followers you have, according to a report released this week. Some companies also collect and analyze information about users’ “tweets, posts, comments, likes, shares, and recommendations.”

How Companies Track Your Politics And Assemble Profiles Through the Internet

October 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

If you’re a registered voter and surf the web, one of the sites you visit has almost certainly placed a tiny piece of data on your computer flagging your political preferences. That piece of data, called a cookie, marks you as a Democrat or Republican, when you last voted, and what contributions you’ve made. It also can include factors like your estimated income, what you do for a living, and what you’ve bought at the local mall.

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