Zack Whittaker reports: A Senate bill that would compel tech companies to build backdoors to allow law enforcement access to encrypted devices and data would be “very dangerous” for Americans, said a leading House Democrat. […] Senate Republicans in June introduced their latest “lawful access” bill, renewing previous efforts to force tech companies to allow law enforcement…
Category: Govt
Access To Personal Medical Records Is Unwarranted Intrusion Into Privacy Rights: AIOCD To Govt
Farhat Nasim reports: Expressing concern over breach of data privacy, chemist body, All India Organization of Chemists & Druggists (AIOCD) recently moved comments and feedback on the Draft Health Data Management Policy with Indu Bhushan, CEO, National Health Authority (NHA). The draft policy was first published on August 26, 2020, and a week was given…
Foster Introduces Bipartisan Digital Identity Legislation
Press release issued September 11: Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), Congressman John Katko (R-NY), Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), and Congressman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) introduced the bipartisan Improving Digital Identity Act of 2020. The legislation would work to modernize the country’s lagging digital identity infrastructure with a three-pronged approach: It would establish a task force to bring together key…
DHS lies again about REAL-ID
Ed Hasbrouck writes: As it’s been doing for years, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is still lying about the state of compliance by states with the Federal REAL-ID Act of 2005. The DHS claims that “All U.S. States [Are] Now Compliant” with the REAL-ID Act. But as we’ve noted many times before, the REAL-ID Act explicitly and unambiguously requires that…