The Associated Press reports: The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a state law that requires applicants for wildlife conservation licenses to include the last four digits of their Social Security numbers on the application. The Montana Shooting Sports Association had challenged the requirement, arguing it unconstitutionally infringes upon an applicant’s fundamental right to privacy. Read…
Category: Laws
Fixing Flores: Assuring Adequate Penalties for Identity Theft and Fraud
Janice Kephart writes: This Backgrounder proposes statutory language fixes to federal identity theft and aggravated felony language in 18 U.S.C. §§ 1028 and 1028A to reverse the practical implications of the May 2009 Supreme Court ruling in Flores-Figueroa v. United States.1 Flores crippled prosecutors’ longstanding practice of using the aggravated identity theft statute by requiring…
Indiana bill would close access to gun permit database
The Associated Press reports: Public access to the state database of people with permits to carry guns would be closed under a bill on its way to the floor of the Indiana House. The bill was filed following complaints over newspaper stories that used information from the database to scrutinize how gun permits are issued,…
AU: ALRC renews data loss financial penalty call
Christina Zhou reports: The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) has renewed its call for fines for failing to notify the privacy commissioner of data breaches after the UK introduced penalties of up to half a million pounds. The ALRC initially made the call in its report: For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice released…