Laura Berthold Monteros writes: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced the Robocall Privacy Act on Wednesday, July 13, which will tighten controls on automated political calls. Robocalls are prerecorded messages from commercial or political organizations that automatically dial phone numbers and play the message when the receiver is picked up. […] The Robocall Privacy Act takes the 2009…
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Wyden and Udall Call for Informed Debate of Domestic Surveillance Law
The following press release was issued by Senator Ron Wyden on July 14: Congress has until late 2012 to extend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008’s expiring new authorities and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Col.) say Congress should use the time to thoroughly consider how the law has been interpreted and implemented. In a letter…
Waxman: Privacy Self-Regulation Not Working
Wendy Davis reports: The online ad industry’s voluntary measures to protect consumers’ privacy are falling short, a senior lawmaker said Thursday. “Self-regulation isn’t working,” Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. He added that a report posted this week by Stanford researchers…
U. of I. disclosure appeal gets under way in federal court
Antonio Olivo reports: The University of Illinois on Wednesday filed its opening brief in an appeal to a federal court ruling that a privacy law governing financial aid does not bar the school from releasing information about hundreds of well-connected college applicants. In an ongoing legal dispute that stems from the Tribune’s 2009 “Clout Goes…