Richard Chang reports: With the enactment of stricter privacy regulations for library patrons in California, you need not worry about Googling “how to divorce your spouse” at the local library. Before the new law, your spouse could request and possibly obtain all your Internet records from the library. Authored by Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto,…
Category: Laws
The SAFE Data Act: An admirable attempt that needs expansion
Some of the controversy yesterday over The SAFE Data Act, introduced by Rep. Mary Bono Mack, concerns the limited definition of “personal information” in terms of what would trigger a breach disclosure and notification. Although some of the arguments appeared to follow partisan lines, the issue is not a partisan one, so let’s look at…
Murdoch’s News Corp Lobbied on Privacy Issues as Hacking Controversy Bubbled
Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta report: As the phone hacking scandal grows around Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, disclosure records show that the company spent over $1.5 million on federal lobbying in the first three months of this year — including lobbying on issues of digital privacy. […] Notably, the company whose U.K. affiliate is under…
Russia Amends Federal Data Protection Law; Privacy Enforcement on the Rise
Boris Segalis writes: Last week, the upper house of Russia’s federal legislature approved amendments to the country’s federal data protection law. The amendments impose detailed information security requirements on businesses that process personal data and revise some of the statute’s data subject consent provisions.The amended law will come into force when it is published in the…