The UK has opted in to draft EU proposals to track passengers on EU flights after its proposed amendments gained support from 15 other countries. Original pan-EU plans to collect passenger name record data (PNR) applied only to flights to and from EU countries from outside the EU. The Government has opted in to the…
Category: Laws
Texas House passes bill banning TSA ‘groping
Jim Forsyth and Corrie MacLaggan of Reuters report: The Texas House of Representatives late on Thursday approved a bill that would make invasive pat-downs at Texas airports a crime, after a former Miss USA said she felt “molested” at the Dallas/Fort Worth airport last month. Transportation Security Administration agents could be charged with a misdemeanor…
Does The Patriot Act Trump The Constitution?
Bob Barr writes: Two days ago, I testified before a subcommittee of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. The topic was the USA PATRIOT Act; and specifically, provisions of the law set to expire at the end of this month. The most problematic of these provisions allows the government to gain access to a person’s…
Disney settles online privacy complaint for $3 million
Dawn C. Chmielewski and Alex Pham of the L.A. Times report: Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges that online virtual worlds once operated by its Playdom games division violated federal rules designed to protect the safety and privacy of children younger than 13 on the Internet. The Federal Trade…