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…
Category: Laws
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…
Minister: No Phone Tapping In Ghana
Minister for Communications Haruna Iddrisu has dismissed allegations of phone tapping in the country. Mr Iddrisu advised Ghanaians to disregard the claims that their telephone conversations were being listened to, as none of the telecommunication companies operating in Ghana was indulging in such practice. He said the current claim by a section of the public…
Concealing a Data Breach Would Be a Crime Under Leahy Bill
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…