Congressmen Ed Markey and Joe Barton, co-chairs of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, have sent a letter to the FAA about drones and privacy concerns. They ask the right questions about transparency and privacy protections – questions I wish the FAA had been asked before the law had been passed. A response is requested by May…
Category: Laws
Online protests to controversial CISPA bill begin, amid changes
Jeremy A. Kaplan reports: Industry groups attempted to corral the growing Internet protest against a proposed cybersecurity bill Monday, announcing what could spell tweaks to the wording of a bill that some call far too vague — and a real threat to online privacy. The Business Software Alliance and the Center for Democracy and Technology…
Unmasking Anonymous Internet Speech in New York
Scott M. Himes writes: Every day innumerable people “speak” on the internet, through email, social media, blogs, and other electronic writings, without disclosing their identities (or by using fictitious ones). But the anonymity of internet speech becomes an issue when one feels aggrieved by anonymous (or pseudonymous) words. And although the First Amendment protects anonymous…
Maryland becomes first state to ban employers from asking for social media passwords
Kevin Rector reports: Employers in Maryland would be prohibited from asking current and prospective employees for their user names and passwords to websites such as Facebook and Twitter under legislation that passed the General Assembly and now awaits signature from Gov. Martin O’Malley. Read more in the Baltimore Sun. Because it was a Maryland state…