Congress is poised to give final passage to legislation that would give a big boost to domestic unmanned aerial surveillance — aka “drones.” As we explained in our recent report, drone technology is advancing by leaps and bounds, and there is a lot of pent-up demand for them within the law enforcement community. But, domestic deployment of unmanned…
Category: Laws
Leaked memo shows Europe at odds over data retention
Jennifer Baker reports: Digital rights groups in Europe have called for a ban on blanket data retention after a leaked internal memo from the European Commission admitted that there are significant problems with the current EU Data Retention Directive. The German Working Group on Data Retention (AK Vorrat) published the leaked memo, which lists various…
New Bill to decide on individual’s right to privacy in India
Vishwajoy Mukherjee writes about a new law under consideration in India. Here’s a snippet: In the run-up to the formulation of a new Privacy Bill in India, an All India Privacy Symposium was held on 4 February to discuss aspects of privacy in the context of transparency, national security and internet banking. One of the…
California Legislator to Introduce 911 Privacy Bill
Dan Kahn writes: California legislator Norma Torres recently announced that she plans to introduce a bill that would restrict the release of taped 911 emergency telephone conversations. Torres, herself a longtime former 911 operator, said in a statement that “I don’t want anyone to hesitate or not make a 9-1-1 call because they are afraid their taped…