Rainey Reitman of EFF writes: It’s a very good day for Internet freedom – a controversial, anti-privacy data retention mandate is notably absent from the child protection bill recently introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith. SOPA-author Lamar Smith had previously introduced H.R. 1981, which would have mandated that ISPs collect and maintain data on Internet users not suspected of…
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Cn: Personal data crimes set to be defined
Zhang Yan reports: Crimes involving the theft of personal data will be regulated and clearly defined, a senior officer from the Ministry of Public Security said. “We’re negotiating with the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the Supreme People’s Court to push forward the legislation to protect personal data,” Liao Jinrong, deputy director of the criminal investigation…
PA: State destroying online court records, raising debate over privacy, consistency
Associated Press reports: Pennsylvania has removed millions of public records from a state court system website, and while a statewide newspaper group says that’s a troubling policy shift, an online privacy expert says it’s reasonable. State officials say they are treating the electronic copies like paper ones, which are destroyed after a certain period of…
UK: Gah! EU data protection will STIFLE business, moans gov.UK
From Out-Law.com, via El Reg: The European Commission has not calculated the full costs to businesses of changes to the EU data protection regime, the Government has said. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said that the Commission’s assessment on the impact its draft General Data Protection Regulation would have on businesses does “not properly quantify…