Thomas Claburn reports: Documents detailing nine months of searches and seizures of electronic devices by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were released on Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union, offering previously unavailable insight into border searches.Last summer, the Department of Homeland Security released new rules governing searches of laptops and other electronic…
Category: Govt
Lawyers advise wait to lift “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban
Anne Gearan and and Philip Elliott of The Associated Press reports: Lawyers for the nation’s top military officer are recommending holding off on an internal Pentagon effort that could lead to the repeal of the ban on openly gay military service. The delay could push a decision by Congress to the middle of the next…
F.T.C.: Has Internet Gone Beyond Privacy Policies?
Stephanie Clifford writes: Two top Federal Trade Commission officials questioned whether the Internet had evolved past privacy policies, at a meeting with editors and reporters of The New York Times today. The chairman of the F.T.C., Jon Leibowitz, and David Vladeck, chief of the commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, stopped by for an on-the-record chat…
FTC Approves Two Reports to Congress on the National Do Not Call Registry
The Federal Trade Commission, as required by The Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007, has approved two reports to Congress: a biennial report focusing on the use of the Do Not Call Registry by both consumers and businesses, as well as the impact that new technologies have had on the Registry, and a one-time…