Billy Hesterman reports: In response to a YouTube video of a 6-year-old girl receiving a pat-down from a Transportation Security Administration officer, Congressman Jason Chaffetz is drafting legislation that will require parental supervision during the pat-down of a child. “They claim there is a modified pat-down for 12-year-olds and younger, but when you see those…
Category: Laws
RIPA to be changed to demand full consent to monitoring
It will no longer be enough to have “reasonable grounds” to believe that someone had consented to monitoring of their communications under changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) proposed by the Government. Putting notice of monitoring in terms and conditions will not be enough to count as consent to that monitoring, the…
EU Data retention directive ‘flawed, unlawful’
Jane Fae Ozimek reports: European state powers to retain data about customers’ telecommunications are set to come in for a kicking with the release of an offical report from the European Commission. The report, due out this afternoon, is expected to evaluate and gently prod the Commission towards taking further steps to harmonising existing legislation…
Government publishes cookie law plans and says browser settings cannot give consent
Browser settings alone cannot be used by web users to give consent to their behaviour being tracked under a new EU law, the UK Government has said. The Government said that it will implement the EU law by a 25 May deadline. The Government has confirmed it will go ahead with a previously-announced plan to…