Tim Hull reports: A federal law that protects the privacy of emails and other electronic communications extends to foreign nationals, the 9th Circuit ruled Monday, allowing Microsoft to protect the emails of an Indian citizen accused of fraud in Australia. Read more on Courthouse News. What’s particularly nice about this case is that it was…
Category: Laws
California’s Reader Privacy Act Signed into Law
A press release from EFF: California Governor Jerry Brown has signed the Reader Privacy Act, updating reader privacy law to cover new technologies like electronic books and online book services as well as local bookstores. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) were sponsors of the bill, authored by California…
New Bill Would Allow Robo-Calls to Mobile Phones
Dan Rowinski writes: A bill proposed in Congress last week sponsored by Representatives Lee Terry and Edolphis Towns aims to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to allow “informational calls to mobile telephones and for other purposes.” Basically, it is a bill that would allow robo-calls from marketers and political campaigns (among other entities) to…
Ca: Lawful access would trample rights
Craig McInnes has some nice reporting on the controversy over lawful access in Canada and legislative proposals: […] B.C.’s Information and Privacy Commissioner is worried that Canadians don’t really understand what is at stake. “I see lawful access as one of those fundamental tipping points,” Elizabeth Denham said in a telephone interview this week. “If…