Have we reached the point as a society where our grandmothers have to show ID and sign a log book to buy a bottle of Drano? Apparently, lawmakers in Springfield, including Marengo Democrat Jack Franks, thought the answer was yes. They passed a new law that requires anyone who buys caustic and noxious substances, which…
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NY: Proposed DNA bank could ensnare NY graffiti artists
Dan Wiessner of Reuters reports: Fortune-tellers beware: palm-reading could land you in New York state’s criminal DNA database. Convicted graffiti artists, subway turnstile-jumpers and anybody who writes a bad check could also end up with their genetic information permanently on file under a proposal by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Read more on Yahoo! Canada. Odd how…
Why Video Privacy Matters – Neil Richards
Neil Richards writes: The House of Representatives recently passed an amendment to a fairly obscure a law known as the Video Privacy Protection Act. This law protects the privacy of our video rental records. […] Industry groups are fond of saying that good privacy practices require consumer notice and consumer choice. The current Video Privacy…
California’s Privacy Class Action Litigation Du Jour: “Shine the Light” Law
Theodore J. Kobus III reminds businesses that trolling lawyers are looking for opportunities to file class-action lawsuits where statutory damages are available without any showing of harm: Privacy class action litigation is hot in California and a new wave of lawsuits are being filed under California’s 2003 “Shine the Light” law, codified in Cal. Civ. Code…