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…
Category: Laws
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,…
Updating Video Privacy or Gutting It?
Danielle Citron writes: The video rental business is among a few sectors of the U.S. economy with strong federal limits on the collection and sharing of consumer data. Under the Video Privacy Protection Act, which was passed in 1988, “video tape service providers” generally are not permitted to share a consumer’s video usage information without…