Andy Greenberg suggests that it would behoove Google to speak out against CISPA: Here’s why Google should publicly state its opposition to CISPA now, in its own self-interest, while it still has a chance of fundamentally reworking the bill before debate begins in the Senate: No company has more to lose than Google from Web…
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Rep. Markey asks for data from carriers on surveillance requests and revenues
Data helps, and Rep. Markey is asking AT&T some pointed questions about their cooperation with law enforcement on surveillance requests. He’s also asking other carriersthe same questions: C Spire, Leap and Crickets, MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, TracFone, US Cellular, and Verizon. Responses are requested by May 23.
Sixth Circuit dismisses class action over personal information release
Jessica M. Karmasek writes: A federal appeals court this week upheld the dismissal of a proposed class action lawsuit over the distribution of personal information from a state’s motor vehicle records. Plaintiffs Norma Wiles, Thomas Wiles, Theresa Gibson and Wanta Evitt, all Kentucky residents, filed the proposed class action against defendants Ascom Transport System Inc.,…
The perils of ambiguous statements: Microsoft denies that it backed away from supporting CISPA
The other day, Declan McCullagh of CNET reported that Microsoft had backed away from its support of CISPA. I reported that here but questioned how much it had really backed away given a very nonspecific statement it made. Yesterday, Brendan Sasso reported that Microsoft denied it had backed away from supporting CISPA: “Microsoft’s position remains…