Phillip Smith reports: Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has suspended his March executive order mandating random drug testing of state employees. He quietly sent a memo to agency heads on June 10 announcing the decision, but the move wasn’t publicly exposed until the ACLU of Florida posted the memo on its web site last week. Scott issued…
Category: Laws
Proposed GPS Act Clarifies, Improves Location Privacy
Jennifer Granick writes: … The new GPS Act would mandate a warrant for officers to obtain GPS and cell tracking information, regardless of whether the information was stored or obtained in real time. This is savvy because geolocation data can be equally revealing whether stored or contemporaneously received, and because the distinction, a legacy from the…
Wyden Bill Would Clarify GPS Data Rules
New technologies – like cell phones, smart phones, laptops and navigation devices – are making it increasingly easy to track and log the location of individual Americans, yet federal laws have not kept pace with the technology. The lack of legal clarity surrounding the use of electronically-obtained location data, also known as geolocation information, means…
Franken, Blumenthal introduce mobile privacy bill
Cecilia Kang reports: Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday introduced a smart phone privacy bill that would require companies like Apple and Google to get permission from users before sharing geo-locational data with third parties. The bill comes amid increased concern that mobile phone and apps makers are collecting information about a consumer’s…