Representative Jackie Speier has introduced H.R. 654, the ‘‘Do Not Track Me Online Act.’’ The bill would direct the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to develop regulations that require covered entities to be more transparent about data collection and use and to develop and respect consumer’s choices to opt-out of the collection and storage of certain types…
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CMLP and Cyberlaw Clinic Urge First Circuit to Affirm First Amendment Right to Make Cellphone Recording of Police
David Ardia writes: With the help of Harvard Law School’s Cyberlaw Clinic, the Citizen Media Law Project and a coalition of media and advocacy organizations submitted an amicus curiae brief last week to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in a case involving a lawyer who was arrested for using his cellphone camera to…
UK: Common sense approach to public protection proposed
From the UK’s Home Office: An array of reforms in the Protection of Freedoms Bill will put an end to unwarranted local authority snooping and unnecessary scrutiny of individuals. It will see: an end to the routine monitoring of 9.3 million people under the radically reformed vetting and barring scheme millions of householders protected from town hall…
North Carolina Dept. Of Revenue, Amazon Reach Settlement In Privacy Case
The North Carolina Department of Revenue has agreed to stop gathering personal data on on-line buyers. The agreement came in the settlement of a lawsuit filed by Amazon to stop the NCDOR from collecting information. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU-NCLF, and ACLU of Washington got involved in the lawsuit on behalf of several Amazon…