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….
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Church of Scientology proposes net censorship in Australia
The Church of Scientology has submitted recommendations to the Australian Human Rights Commission is response to their “Freedom of Religion and Belief in the 21st century project.” The Church states that it: supports the adoption by Federal and/or State Governments of Article 20(2) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (‘ICCPR’) which states…
Ohio bill will allow DNA testing on arrest
Sharon Coolidge reports: A justice reform bill endorsed by Gov. Ted Strickland and passed by the Senate designed to prevent wrongful convictions also includes a controversial measure to expand the collection of DNA samples to those arrested on felony charges. Currently, Ohio only takes DNA from people convicted of felonies and violent misdemeanors. Law enforcement…
In wake of wrist slap, ICO calls for tighter data abuse laws
A UK judge’s frustration that he could only fine a data leaker has the Information Commissioner calling for tighter laws…. Laws should be tightened to give judges the option to jail people found guilty of serious abuses of personal data, the UK’s Information Commissioner has said. Christopher Graham said penalties under the Data Protection Act…