An opinion piece by Leslie Harris of CDT appeared on ABC. Among Harris’s recommendations for updating existing privacy laws: A core principle of an updated privacy law is that personal information stored in the cloud should have the same protections as information stored on an individual’s computer. The government should be required to obtain a…
Category: Laws
France to vote on new piracy bill
The BBC reports: The French National Assembly will vote on Tuesday to decide whether to allow the authorities to cut illegal downloaders off from the web. The hard-line policy has drawn worldwide attention as nations around the globe grapple with the issue of piracy. An earlier version of the bill was ruled unconstitutional and a…
Data protection march in Berlin
Euronews reports: More than 10,000 people have been demonstrating on the streets of Berlin to demand better personal data protection. Under the banner “freedom not fear”, as many as 167 organisations including unions, journalists and artists’ groups marched through the German capital. The protest follows a the passing of a law allowing authorities to monitor…
Aides defend presidential powers in cybersecurity bill
Ben Bain reports: Senate aides familiar with proposed legislation that would define the president’s power to deal with a cybersecurity emergency say the bill wouldn’t give the government sweeping control over the country’s digital infrastructure as some critics have claimed. The controversy stems from language in a bill introduced in April by Sens. Jay Rockefeller…