Kieren McCarthy reports: US watchdog the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has signed an agreement with seven countries to share cross-border information relating to privacy. The new “alert” system will let regulators from America, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Norway share confidential information about ongoing investigations, and the FTC is very excited about it….
Category: Govt
Federal regulators to require registration of recreational drones
Craig Whitlock reports: Federal regulators said Monday that they plan to require recreational drone users to register their aircraft with the government for the first time in an attempt to restore order to U.S. skies that have been invaded by rogue flying robots. U.S. officials said they still need to sort out the basic details…
U.S. Will Require Drones to Be Registered
Tom Costello reports: The federal government will announce a new plan requiring anyone buying a drone to register the device with the U.S. Department of Transportation, NBC news has learned. The government has been concerned about the rise in close calls between unmanned drones and aircraft flying into and out of some of the nation’s…
Government Gets Second Extension in EPIC Supreme Court Case about Cellphone Shutdown Policy
From EPIC.org: The US Supreme Court has granted the Solicitor General more time to respond to EPIC’s charges that the government’s effort to keep under wraps a controversial cellphone shutdown policy violates the law. EPIC has pursued public release of the government policy since BART subway officials shut down cellphone service during a peaceful protest in 2011. After…