Kudos to Canadian lawyer David Fraser for an educational piece he wrote for Canadian businesses, “Dealing with police “Letters of Request for Information.” I hope it is widely disseminated and read by businesses who might otherwise just turn over information because they erroneously believe they have to or because they are more concerned about cooperating…
Category: Laws
Zoeller defends Do-Not-Call law
Maureen Groppe reports: Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller told Congress on Friday to make sure a proposed loosening of federal rules to allow some automated business calls to cellphones doesn’t override tougher state telemarketing laws like Indiana’s. Otherwise, Zoeller said, Hoosiers will get the average of 12 calls a week received by families in states…
Snooping councils, phone hacking, CCTV… time to reform surveillance laws?
Adam Wagner writes: JUSTICE, a law reform and human rights organisation, has today published a significant and wide-ranging critique of state surveillance powers contained in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). The report – Freedom from Suspicion – Surveillance Reform for a Digital Age – is byEric Metcalfe, former director of JUSTICE and recently returned to practise as a barrister….
AU: Passenger data not audited for privacy
Karen Dearne reports: Privacy audits of Customs use of Passenger Name Record data supplied by airlines for advance screening purposes did not take place last year, despite being required under a renewed agreement with the European Union. Just last week, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd revealed that the Gillard government had quietly signed a revised Passenger…