Alan Shanoff comments: It’s strange how so many commentators have whipped themselves into a lather over the attack on privacy rights in Bill C-30, otherwise known as the Protecting Children From Internet Predators Act. And yet they don’t appear troubled by another infringement of privacy rights that is even more serious. Anyone worried by the…
Category: Laws
FTC Takes Action to Stop Massive Robocalling Operations
As part of the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing efforts to crack down on illegal, prerecorded “robocalls,” the FTC is taking legal action to stop two operations that allegedly enabled telemarketers to place hundreds of millions of illegal prerecorded calls to consumers around the country, including many who had registered their phone numbers on the National…
Court OKs Taking DNA From Felony Arrestees
David Kravets writes: A federal appeals court Thursday upheld a voter-approved measure requiring California authorities to take a DNA sample from every adult arrested on felony accusations in the Golden State. The American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the challenge in hopes of striking down the measure, argued that DNA sampling of arrestees was an unconstitutional Fourth Amendment…
How Internet Companies Would Be Forced to Spy on You Under H.R. 1981
Rainey Reitman writes: Online commentators are pointing to the Internet backlash against H.R. 1981 as the new anti-SOPA movement. While this bill is strikingly different from the Stop Online Piracy Act, it does have one thing in common: it’s a poorly-considered legislative attempt to regulate the Internet in a way experts in the field know will have…