From Huffington Post: A former FBI counterterrorism agent claimed on CNN that the government has ways to find out what was said in any conversation. Whether this is true or not, we know precious little about our growing surveillance state — what is it capable of doing? In this segment, hosted by Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, Declan…
Category: Govt
FTC Votes Unanimously to Retain July 1 Date for Implementation of the Updated Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule
The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to retain the July 1, 2013 date for implementation of the updated Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA). In a letter to industry organizations that had requested that the Commission reconsider the July 1 date, the Commission noted that implementation of the updated rule marks the culmination of a…
Dust off that chair and get busy, PCLOB!
On December 15 2011, the White House announced the President’s intention to nominate David Medine as Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Yesterday, the Senate confirmed him in a 53-45 vote, with two senators not voting. Will the PCLOB actually make a difference, though? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
U.S. Weighs Wider Wiretap Laws to Cover Online Activity
Charlie Savage reports: The Obama administration, resolving years of internal debate, is on the verge of backing a Federal Bureau of Investigation plan for a sweeping overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people who communicate using the Internet rather than by traditional phone services, according to officials familiar with the deliberations. Read…