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…
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CA notification bill heads to governor’s desk
The State Legislature approved State Senator Joe Simitian´s (D-Palo Alto) SB 20, a bill to strengthen and update California´s landmark privacy protection law. The bill now goes to the Governor, who has until October 11th to sign or veto the legislation. SB 20 builds on previous legislation authored by Simitian, AB 700 (2002), which required…
“Protecting Privacy for Canadians in the 21st Century”
Resolution of Canada’s Privacy Commissioners and Privacy Enforcement Officials on Bills C-46 and C-47 CONTEXT The federal government tabled two pieces of legislation in June 2009 aimed at giving Canadian law enforcement, national security agencies and others (hereafter referred to as “authorities”) broader powers to acquire digital evidence to support their investigations. Bill C-46, the…
Lawmakers consider clampdown on the way Internet marketers collect personal data to target ads
Joelle Tessler of Associated Press reports on how Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va) is drafting a bill to impose restrictions on how web sites collect and use information for advertising services. Although the industry had proposed its own self-regulatory principles in July, a coalition of privacy groups submitted other recommendations to Congress that impose additional restrictions….