Peter Fleischer compares the EU definition of “sensitive personal data” to the definition in India’s new law and finds the EU definition lacking: The European Data Protection Directive defines them as: “personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, and the processing of data concerning health or sex…
Category: Laws
Judge orders release of disputed Jared Lee Loughner emails
Forest Carr reports: Many of the so-far secret Pima College documents about its most dangerous student will soon be public. Pima College issued a statement late Wednesday afternoon saying that it will not appeal a judge’s ruling ordering the college to release certain disputed emails regarding accused mass shooter Jared Lee Loughner. “The court has…
If you missed the Brookings Institution panel on ECPA reform, you can watch it
Via Orin Kerr, the discussion on ECPA reform held yesterday (2 hours):
Web giants fight California privacy bill
Cecilia Kang reports: Web giants Facebook, Google, Twitter and Skype have banded together to oppose an online social networking privacy bill in California that would require users’ permission to display personal information such as home addresses and phone numbers. The bill, introduced last February by state Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett (D-San Leandro), started out…