The Government of India’s Ministry of Communications & Information Technology has published three draft rules that would implement the Information Technology Act, 2000. These include: Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Information; Due Diligence Observed by Intermediaries Guidelines and Guidelines for Cyber Cafe. The first two of these rules could affect international companies that provide…
Category: Laws
State Dept. proposes “Biographical Questionnaire” for passport applicants
Papers, Please! calls our attention to this stunning over-reach of surveillance: The U.S. Department of State is proposing a new Biographical Questionnaire for passport applicants. The proposed new Form DS-5513 asks for all addresses since birth; lifetime employment history including employers’ and supervisors names, addresses, and telephone numbers; personal details of all siblings; mother’s address…
Colorado bill to redefine ID theft shelved
Associated Press reports that Colorado senators have shelved a proposal that would allow Colorado prosecutors to charge people with ID theft even if the defendant claimed not to know that the information they had used belonged to another person. Republican Sen. Ellen Roberts, a sponsor of House Bill 1049, asked a Senate panel to kill…
New powers for ICO include fines for unwanted calls and compulsory breach notification
New powers for the UK’s Information Commissioner are coming into effect, and businesses better beware as they include the authority to impose penalties of up to £500,000 for the most serious incidents of businesses and other organizations making unwanted lmarketing phone calls or sending unwanted marketing emails to consumers. The new powers, which will come…