Berin Szoka & Ryan Radia write: Days before August recess, Senate Democrats are scrambling to pass legislation creating a new federal bureaucracy to set supposedly “voluntary” standards for cybersecurity. The bill, spearheaded by Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), also gives companies sweeping immunity from being sued for a range of actions aimed at countering cyber threats. While Senate…
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Critics urge Congress to undo Supreme Court privacy decision
From Legal Times: A panel of lawyers urged Congress Tuesday to adopt legislation that would undo the Supreme Court’s decision in Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper, which found in March that someone whose medical information was shared by government agencies could not recover emotional damages. In a wide-ranging discussion on the status of the federal government’s…
EFF Asks Supreme Court to Reverse “Forced Consent” to Facebook Disclosure
Cindy Cohn and Jon Eisenberg write: When a judge forces you to “consent” to a disclosure of your private electronic communications, have you really consented? No. EFF today asked the California Supreme Court to review a decision of a lower court that forced a juror to “consent” to allow the content of his Facebook postings…
Markey Releases Discussion Draft of Drone Privacy and Transparency Legislation
With the Secretary of Transportation scheduled to develop a comprehensive plan for non-government drones as soon as November 2012, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a discussion draft of legislation that would ensure that privacy considerations are included in the rulemaking process for licenses for “unmanned aircraft systems”, commonly known as drones, and that…