Brian Reyes reports: The Gibraltar Parliament has approved new legislation that will allow Gibraltar’s authorities to target cyber crimes such as computer hacking. The Crimes (Computer Hacking) Act 2009 also gives police new powers to intercept computer communications during criminal investigations. Gibraltar’s courts will be able to issue warrants ordering internet providers to tap into…
Category: Laws
Viviane Reding picked to re-write EU data protection laws
Paul Meller reports: Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner who for the past five years has championed consumer rights in the telecommunications and IT arenas, has been picked to take charge of a re-write of the European Union’s 15-year-old data protection laws due to start next year. Reding is famous for slashing the cost of roaming…
Keeping Personal Data Private (Editorial)
The following editorial urging Congress to pass a national data protection law is from today’s New York Times: In 2006, a Veterans Affairs Department analyst lost a laptop and external drive with Social Security numbers and other personal data from more than 26 million veterans and active duty troops. There was a national call for…
McDowell ‘Very Troubled’ By Social Security Number Collection
John Eggerton reports: FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell says that when he voted to approve collecting more data on the race and gender of broadcast station owners he was not endorsing collecting Social Security numbers as part of that increased data drop. That came in response to the commission’s notice late Monday that it was delaying…