Earlier this week, I pointed to some coverage questioning the legality of recording presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s comments at a private fund-raising event. Now there’s a more in-depth legal analysis of the issue by Jeffrey P. Hermes of Citizen Media Law Project that is well worth reading: As will be discussed below, there are a…
Category: Laws
AU: ASIO, Roxon defend data-retention proposal
Shipping data overseas is not the only Australian proposal generating controversy these days. Josh Taylor reports: Following widespread criticism of the government’s proposal to require internet service providers (ISPs) to retain unspecified customer data for up to two years, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and Attorney-General Nicola Roxon have taken the unusual step of releasing public submissions on…
AU: Coalition joins fight against privacy law reform
One argument I often hear against privacy reform is that it will stifle innovation or commerce. In Australia, proposed reform would almost certainly do that. Jane Lee and Georgia Wilkins report: The Coalition has joined big banks and telcos in their fight against proposed laws that aim to prevent them from sharing personal information about…
California amends law protecting privacy of student records
One of the bills that Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law amends California’s law on the privacy of student records. The purpose of the amendments was to align permissible disclosures with federal law (FERPA). You can read the text of the new amendments here.