Maybe if enough EU media sources sound the alarm, our Congress will get around to revising ECPA in a way that provides greater protections against cloud providers turning over personal information to U.S. law enforcement. As many of us have been saying for a long time, not only should U.S. individuals and entities have such…
Category: Laws
Bono Mack and Walden Announce Kickoff Hearing on Privacy Issues in an Online Global Economy
Press release: Two of the leading congressional voices on privacy issues today announced plans for the first in a series of hearings in the coming months to examine how information is collected, protected, and utilized in an increasingly interconnected online ecosystem. Rep. Mary Bono Mack, chairman of the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee, is leading…
Sen. Toomey: Privacy Rules Might ‘Break The Internet’
With so much going on this year in terms of privacy and data breaches, there have been many who have somewhat optimistically believed that this would be the year when we get privacy legislation and a federal data security/breach notification law. Every year since I started this blog (2006), I’ve seen and posted such news…
Vt.’s Welch to announce geolocation bill
Vermont Congressman Peter Welch plans to announce legislation that he says will catch the law up with technology now that new mobile devises make it easier to use GPS technology to track individuals. The Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act sponsored by Welch and Republican Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz is aimed at giving clear guidelines for…