Jaikumar Vijayan reports: A group of Republican senators on Wednesday introduced a revised version of a previously proposed bill that seeks to enhance cybersecurrity by improving the sharing of information between private industry and government. The new Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information and Technology Act (SECURE IT) is being put forth…
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Ad Biz Claims It Must Disregard User Privacy Choices to Safeguard “Cybersecurity”
Rainey Reitman and Lee Tien of EFF write: At a hearing yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee took up the issue of online tracking, the browser-based Do Not Track flag, and, in an unlikely turn of events, cybersecurity. The hearing included testimony from Ohio State University Law School’s Prof. Peter Swire, Mozilla’s Alex Fowler, the Association of National Advertisers’ Bob…
Privacy self-regulation efforts are working, senators told
Grant Gross reports: The online industry doesn’t need new privacy legislation because it is doing a good job of protecting users’ privacy, an executive of an advertising trade group told U.S. lawmakers Thursday. Even as Senator John “Jay” Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, promised to push for new privacy legislation,…
Yes, the right to privacy extends beyond death
Earlier this month, New Hampshire Governor Lynch vetoed a bill that would have protected the right to publicity after death. Although the editors of the Union Leader agreed with the veto, Matt Salinger, the son of reclusive and famous author J. D. Salinger, was understandably upset by the veto. In an op-ed on the veto,…