From Javno: According to the current law, a person that changes their name has to have both names on the birth certificate. Representatives of the lesbian group Kontra, in association with Croatian Women’s Network and Iskorak, delivered a proposal to the Croatian Constitutional Court in which they challenge the validity of the current law on…
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Lawmakers probe deeper into privacy
Kim Hart reports on today’s joint hearing by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Commerce, Trade, and Commerce Protection and Communications, Technology, and the Internet on data collection online and offline: …. Jennifer Barrett, an executive with Acxiom, a marketing company, said the firm could collect 1,500 possible data points about individual consumers, such…
NZ: PIs should not be restricted more than public – Sir Geoffrey
Private investigators should not be restricted from taking photos or recording people any more than the general public is, Law Commission president Geoffrey Palmer says. However, restrictions on the general public were too lax, he said. There was “no justification” for private investigators to be singled out for restrictions when ordinary members of the public…
Federal Regulators Issue Final Model Privacy Notice Form
Eight federal regulatory agencies today released a final model privacy notice form that will make it easier for consumers to understand how financial institutions collect and share information about consumers. Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act), institutions must notify consumers of their information-sharing practices and inform consumers of their right to opt out of certain…