The other day, Declan McCullagh of CNET reported that Microsoft had backed away from its support of CISPA. I reported that here but questioned how much it had really backed away given a very nonspecific statement it made. Yesterday, Brendan Sasso reported that Microsoft denied it had backed away from supporting CISPA: “Microsoft’s position remains…
Category: Laws
California Job Front: Social media privacy bills advance in Sacramento
Darrell Smith reports that legislation prohibiting employers from asking job applicants’ social media logins is moving closer to becoming law in California: The Social Media Privacy Act, sponsored by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, sailed through the Senate’s Education, and Labor and Industrial Relations committees. The bill’s Assembly counterpart, authored by Silicon Valley Democrat…
Md. high court bans DNA swabs of charged suspects; police, prosecutors seek appeal
Matt Zapotosky reports: Maryland’s top law enforcement officials are pushing back against a recent Court of Appeals decision that prohibits DNA collection from suspects charged — but not yet convicted — of violent crimes, saying the ruling will allow dangerous criminals to go undetected by authorities. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) and police chiefs and prosecutors from the…
Microsoft backs away from CISPA support, citing privacy
Yesterday afternoon, I tweeted my unhappiness about Microsoft backing CISPA. By last night, they had clarified their position. Declan McCullagh reported last night: Microsoft is no longer as enthusiastic about a controversial cybersecurity bill that would allow Internet and telecommunications companies to divulge confidential customer information to the National Security Agency. The U.S. House of Representatives approved CISPA by…