Eric Roper reports: Another lawsuit emerged this week alleging that government employees misused driver’s license data, marking the latest of several legal battles over the issue now winding through federal court. […] In its third such lawsuit, law firm Farrish Johnson filed suit against the state this week on behalf of a man whose record…
Category: Govt
Lawmakers reintroduce cyberthreat information-sharing bill
Grant Gross reports: Two U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill over the objections of some privacy advocates and digital rights groups. As promised, Representatives Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, and C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger, a Maryland Democrat, have reintroduced the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a bill that would allow private…
DHS: Border Device Search Policy Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment
Brian Donahue reports: The Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CLCR) has determined that the DHS’s warrantless, and often suspicion-less, search and seizure of electronics devices at U.S. borders does not violate the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search or seizure. The CLCR argues [pdf] that the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Controversial CISPA Cyber-Security Bill Returns Next Week
It’s baaaack. Chloe Albanesius reports: A controversial cyber-security bill will return next week when Reps. Mike Rogers and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger reintroduce the measure in the House. The congressmen – chairman and ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, respectively – will bring the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) back…