Associated Press reports: A federal appeals panel has ruled that Ohio officials did not violate federal privacy laws in disclosing personal information from drivers’ records. The ruling reversed a lower court decision and ordered dismissal of a 2009 lawsuit filed against Ohio’s public safety and motor vehicle agencies by three Cincinnati residents. They say records…
Category: Laws
Texas teachers may get to see kids’ crime records
Danny Robbins of Associated Press reports: Texas is close to enacting a law that would provide teachers with detailed information about the criminal histories of their students, opening juvenile files that have been confidential in most states. The legislation, spurred by the fatal stabbing of a high school teacher in Tyler in 2009, is adding…
R.I. House passes Internet subpoena bill
Jim Baron reports: Legislation billed as another police tool to prevent and pursue Internet child pornography, but that privacy and civil liberties advocates worry will cast too wide a net for less serious crimes, passed the House of Representatives 62-6 on Thursday. The bill would allow the attorney general, local police chiefs, and other designated…
In: The new Right to Privacy Bill 2011 – a blind man’s view of the Elephunt.
Prashant writes: Over the past few days various newspapers have reported the imminent introduction in Parliament, during the upcoming Monsoon session, of a Right to Privacy Bill. Since the text of this bill has not yet been made accessible to the public, this post attempts to grope its way – through guesswork – towards a…