From EPIC.org: With ID theft rapidly increasing in the United States, EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg urged a Congressional Committee to address the root causes of the problem. In a testimony before the House Oversight Committee, Mr. Rotenberg said that the government typically acts only after the crime has occurred and warned that the problem…
Category: Laws
Is the REAL ID Revival Bill, “PASS ID,” a National ID?
Although CDT and others were quick to praise S. 1261, “PASS ID,” Jim Harper of Cato Institute is not enthused: […] On balance, REAL ID and PASS ID are peas in a pod. They are both aimed at being practically required. The plan under both is for everyone who has a driver’s license to have…
FL: New Law Requires DNA for Felony Arrests
DNA is becoming about as common in police investigations as fingerprints. The only problem is, Florida does not have a huge data base of DNA samples. That could soon be changing. Gov. Charlie Crist signed a new law yesterday, requiring anyone arrested on felony charges to provide DNA samples to the Florida Department of Law…
FERPA: Brown wants student-privacy limits
Concerned that universities have gone too far to protect student privacy, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has called on federal education officials to make changes. The Ohio Democrat sent a letter Monday to the U.S. Department of Education asking it to clean up the 35-year-old Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Brown joins a chorus of…