Gautham Nagesh reports: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced a new bill Thursday aimed at protecting consumers by punishing businesses, individuals and data brokers that misuse or fail to protect their data. The Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act would require businesses with the personal information of more than 10,000 customers to implement privacy and…
Category: Laws
ACLU Challenges Florida’s Mandatory Drug Tests for Temporary Assistance Recipients
From the ACLU of Florida: The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLUFL) today announced it filed suit in federal court seeking to halt implementation of Florida’s new law mandating drug testing of applicants to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program without suspicion of drug use. The suit, filed Tuesday, September 6, 2011…
Hong Kong Introduces a Personal Data (Privacy) Amendment Bill
Gabriela Kennedy and Heidi Gleeson write: The Personal Data (Privacy) Amendment Bill (the “Bill“) was introduced into the Legislative Council on 13 July 2011. The Bill is the culmination of a lengthy consultation process into the reform of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “Ordinance“) which commenced in 2009. The Bill aims to bring the…
AU: The Cybercrime Bill is Excessive and Unbalanced
A policy statement from the Australia Privacy Foundation: The Commonwealth Attorney-General has rammed a Cybercrime Amendment Bill through the House of Representatives, and now has it before the Senate. His claim is that its purpose is to to enable Australia to accede to the Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime. The Attorney-General contrived to squeeze the time available…