Melissa Ngo writes: In the last few months, there have been reports about how smartphone users’ data could be quietly gathered and used by companies via software from a company called Carrier IQ. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), chairman of the subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to Carrier IQ demanding answers about how this technology affects…
Category: Laws
Coming up in the Senate on Tuesday
Hearing: “The Video Privacy Protection Act: Protecting Viewer Privacy in the 21st Century” Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law DATE: January 31, 2012 TIME: 10:00 AM ROOM: Dirksen 226 Witness List: Panel I The Honorable Melvin L. Watt United States Congressman State of North Carolina Panel II David Hyman General Counsel…
Hawaii legislators bid aloha to controversial data retention bill
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Lawmakers in Hawaii on Thursday quietly dropped a bill that would have required Internet service providers to collect the detailed browsing histories of Internet users in the state and store the data for at least two years. The bill, HB 2288, would have required anyone providing access to the Internet in Hawaii…
Digital ‘right to be forgotten’ will be made EU law
While I’ve been offline, there’s been much discussion of the new EU proposal. Here’s just one of the reactions to its implications. Matt Warman reports: Embarrassing, inaccurate or simply personal data will have to be deleted from the internet and company databases if consumers ask, under a new set of European laws. The move will…