From the government of Hong Kong: The Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Bureau has launched a three-month public consultation on the review of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance to gauge views on proposals to amend the law. Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Stephen Lam said today there is a need to examine whether the law…
Category: Laws
FTC drops the banhammer on prerecorded “robocalls”
The Federal Trade Commission next week will make automated robocalls illegal for most telemarketers. Still, the list of exceptions mean that the calls will continue as charities, politicians, banks, and telcos can continue their prerecorded pitches. Read Nate Anderson’s commentary on Ars Technica. Deborah Yao of Breaking News 24/7 provides a somewhat more optimistic report.
Court: Homeland security can’t rely on God
Courthouse News posted an interesting court case in Kentucky. Following 9/11, the Kentucky legislature created the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. The provisions of the statute required certain statements to be posted publicly, including a provision to “[p]ublicize the findings of the General Assembly stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the…
ABA files suit over FTC Red Flags Rule
The American Bar Association filed suit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Trade Commission, seeking an injunction to block the application of the so-called Red Flags Rule to practicing lawyers. As the BLT previously reported, the bar association has been lobbying for months to exempt lawyers from…