Mike Masnick writes: On Friday, we mentioned that this week is the week in which the Senate will wrangle over the new Cybersecurity bill. The current bill has some privacy safeguards, but not nearly enough. Senators Al Franken and Rand Paul have put together an amendment to strengthen the privacy safeguards even more — and over the weekend, Senator…
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Senator wants to require warrant for GPS tracking in cybersecurity bill
Jennifer Martinez reports: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) plans to offer an amendment to cybersecurity legislation that would require law enforcement officials to procure a warrant before obtaining location data from a person’s cell phone, laptop or other gadgets. The bill — called the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act — hasn’t seen any action since…
Amendment to cybersecurity bill would let FB users share Netflix data
Netflix’s lobbying efforts to amend the VPPA so that Facebook users can share all their choices may pay off soon. News Today reports: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) users will be allowed to share video they watched on Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) through a proposed amendment to a Senate cybersecurity bill. This amendment is filed by Sen. Patrick…
DNA Collection Law Will Go Before Full 9th Circuit
From Courthouse News: The 9th Circuit agreed Thursday to grant an en banc rehearing over a California law that lets police collect DNA from any adult who is arrested for a felony. In February, a divided three-judge panel found no constitutional problem with the law. “We agree that the California DNA Act would be unconstitutional…