EFF’s Richard Esguerra says that Cnet got it right when Declan McCullagh described concerns about the Cybersecurity Act: In April, we voiced serious concerns about the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, a bill by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), that sought to give the federal government unprecedented power over the Internet. For months,…
Category: Laws
Maine backs away from marketing-privacy law
Marisa Taylor reports: The attorney general of Maine has decided not to enforce a controversial law that bans the use of personal information about minors for marketing purposes. The law, which goes into effect Sept. 12, caused an outcry from businesses and institutions, including Yahoo and Lexis-Nexis, that claimed the law unconstitutionally restricted their ability…
Fate of Maine gay marriage law in hands of voters
David Sharp of Associated Press reports: Election officials announced Wednesday that gay marriage foes surpassed the threshold of signatures necessary to put the state law on the November ballot, setting the stage for a furious, two-month campaign that’ll determine whether the number of states allowing same-sex nuptials shrinks to five. Read more on WCCO
Rockefeller’s Office Responds to Cyber Terrorism Bill
Last week, this site picked up a story by Declan McCullagh of Cnet that indicated that a bill by Senator Jay Rockefeller would give the president the authority to seize control of privacy networks during a cybersecurity emergency. Senator Rockefeller has issued a statement, indicating that the Cnet story was inaccurate. Tony Rutherford of HuntingtonNews.net…