UPI reports: Poland’s Ministry of Interior and Administration is moving toward broadening wiretap authority, the draft of a new bill says. If the government accepts the bill, police will be able to tap criminals even accused of minor offenses, Poland Radio reported. Read more on UPI. Thanks to Brian Honan for this link.
Category: Laws
Mass. health bill would allow warrantless arrests, quarantines
Alex Newman writes: <blockquote>A pandemic and disaster preparation bill (S. 2028) passed unanimously by the Massachusetts Senate earlier this year is receiving wide-spread criticism as citizens mobilize to oppose its passage in the commonwealth’s House of Representatives. “Under this bill, Massachusetts becomes a medical police state. There is no debating it,” wrote <em>Natural News</em> editor…
Cybersecurity Act returns with a fresh coat of paint
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,…
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…