Jay Stanley of the ACLU has a thoughtful commentary on the code of conduct for drone use, recently promulgated by the association for police chiefs. You can read Jay’s analysis here. Like me, he was pleased to see some very strong privacy-protective recommendations, but a voluntary code of conduct does not have the force of…
Category: Laws
Australian Privacy Foundation slams privacy amendments
Chris Jager reports: The Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) has slammed the Federal Government’s proposed amendments to privacy legislation as a “lost opportunity” in improving areas such as credit reporting practices and protection from data off-shoring. APF board member Nigel Waters told a Senate inquiry late last week that the proposed bill would “significantly weaken” privacy…
Rep. Markey Releases Discussion Draft Bill on Wireless Surveillance
From the Congressman’s press office: As part of his ongoing investigation that revealed, for the first time, that upwards of 1.3 million requests were made last year by law enforcement for consumer mobile phone information, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a discussion draft of the “Wireless Surveillance Act of 2012”. In July, Rep….
Court Grants Feds Warrantless Access to Utility Records
David Kravets reports: Utilities must hand over customer records — which include credit card numbers, phone numbers and power consumption data — to the authorities without court warrants if drug agents believe they are “relevant” to an investigation, a federal appeals court says. The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 allows the…