Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Law enforcement officials should be required to obtain a warrant based on probable cause before using GPS or other electronic location tracking to follow individuals, a bi-partisan group said in a report released today. The 13-page report released by The Constitution Project’s Liberty and Security Committee also calls on Congress to amend the Electronic Communications Privacy…
Category: Laws
Bill would protect home schoolers’ records
Bob Kellogg writes: Republican Congressman Randy Hultgren of Illinois has introduced a bill that would give greater protection to the education records of home schoolers. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) currently protects the privacy of student records for those who attend schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S….
Govt loses a round in lawsuit challenging FISA Amendments Act
Howard Bashman writes: By a vote of 6-to-6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today denied rehearing en banc of a three-judge panel’s decision that reinstated a suit challenging a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on overseas conversations: You can access today’s order denying rehearing en banc, together with the opinions concurring and…
Angola Passes Personal Data Protection Law
On June 17, 2011, the National Assembly of the Republic of Angola passed Law 22/11 on Personal Data Protection. The omnibus privacy legislation applies to the automated and non-automated processing of personal data by controllers based or operating in Angola, or subject to, or using equipment governed by, Angola’s laws. Read more on Hunton &…