Helen Shen and Nature magazine report: California lawmakers are weighing a bill aimed at protecting their state’s citizens from surreptitious genetic testing but scientists are voicing their growing concerns that, if passed, such a law would have a costly and damaging effect on research. The bill, dubbed the Genetic Information Privacy Act, would require an individual’s written consent for…
Category: Laws
Social media prompt Congress to revisit online privacy legislation
Bobby Caina Calvan reports: Facebook rode more than enthusiasm to its $100 billion stock offering Friday, children’s advocates say. A crucial propellent was investors’ belief that lawmakers will not ban such social networks from selling troves of excruciatingly private details from the lives of teenagers. For months, legislative attempts to expand and refine a children’s…
“Secret” interpretation of PATRIOT Act will remain secret – court
Damn and blast. The ACLU and New York Times have lost their lawsuit against the government that sought disclosure of the “secret interpretation” of the PATRIOT Act. District Judge William H. Pauley III of the Southern District of NY ruled that the government met its burden in claiming the requested memo was exempt from disclosure…
Senators And Congressmen Introduce Password Protection Act Of 2012
Today, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced legislation aimed at curbing the growing practice of employers requiring prospective or current employees to provide access to password-protected accounts as a condition for employment. In the House, Congressmen Heinrich (D-NM) and Perlmutter (D-CO) are introducing…