Orin Kerr offers a few thoughts on oral argument in United States v. Nosal, a Ninth Circuit case that was heard en banc last week. I’ve mentioned Nosal number of times on this blog because the government’s interpretation of the federal law known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) puts anyone who’s ever violated…
Category: Laws
Pennsylvania legislators busy passing bills that collect even more of state residents’ personal information
Andy Hoover of the ACLU of Pennsylvania writes: On Dec. 6, in two separate and unrelated moves, both the Pennsylvania Senate and the state House of Representatives moved legislation to collect more personal data from Pennsylvanians. The Senate passed Senate Bill 775, legislation to collect DNA from people who have not been convicted of a…
Webkinz children’s site is subject of complaint to FTC
Dawn C. Chmielewski reports: The children’s online site Webkinz is the focus of a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission by a child advocacy group, which is urging the agency to investigate corporate parent Ganz for alleged deceptive and unfair trade practices. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood on Tuesday accused the Canadian owner…
The Lowdown: India’s Unique ID Project Unraveled By Standing Committee
Nikhil Pahwa reports: A Parliamentary Standing Committee report on Finance has detailed out significant issues with the way India’s Unique Identity project was conceptualized and executed, stating that there was no clear purpose, lacked proper study before being approved, conflicted with existing initiatives, had issues related to privacy, circumvented Parliament, among other issues. It has recommended,…