U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy introduced legislation that seeks to enhance protections for consumers’ personal information, citing recent data breaches at Sony Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. The bill would establish a national standard for companies to notify customers when their personal data has been exposed, according to a news release today from Leahy, a Vermont…
Category: Laws
Proposed bill would equate GPS tracking, wiretapping
Joseph Marks reports: Freshman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, on Tuesday touted a bill to limit the government’s and private companies’ access to citizens’ geospatial data. The Geolocational Surveillance and Privacy Act would prohibit police and federal law enforcement from tracking citizens’ location through cellphones, GPS devices and other electronic items without first getting a warrant,…
Senator Leahy introduces Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011
Senator Leahy has introduced the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011. I haven’t had time to read it yet, but just skimming it, I some good provisions in there, but I also see two immediate concerns: 1. It appears to apply only to electronic data (not paper records), and 2. The definition of…
IN: New stringent IT restrictions on online content, cyber cafes, personal data use explained, criticised
Neha Chauhan reports: The notification of the Information Technology Rules 2011 in April 2011 include new privacy and online publishing regulations, which could pose significant roadblocks for business operations with restrictive handling of personal data and information and introduction of stringent guidelines for intermediaries and cyber cafes. Various rules under four broad categories introduced by…