Claire Rogers reports: A row is brewing over whether businesses should face criminal sanctions and fines if they fail to notify people of data breaches. The privacy commissioner is calling for notification of data breaches to be mandatory and for concealment to be made a crime. But Business New Zealand says criminal penalties would be…
Category: Laws
Google, Facebook: “do not track” bill a threat to California economy
Matthew Lasar reports: Google and Facebook are warning legislators of dire consequences if California passes a “do not track” bill. The proposed law would require companies doing online business in the Golden State to offer an “opt-out” privacy mechanism for consumers. Senate Bill 761 “would create an unnecessary, unenforceable and unconstitutional regulatory burden on Internet commerce,” says…
Bipartisan ‘Do Not Track Kids’ Bill Released Today; Sen. Rockefeller to introduce ‘Do Not Track Adults’ bill on Monday
Steve Stecklow reports: A draft House bill with bipartisan support would prohibit companies from tracking children on the Internet without parental consent, restrict online marketing to minors and require an “Eraser Button” that would allow parents to eliminate kids’ personal information already online. The draft of the “Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011“—released by…
AU: Committee rejects biometrics for pokies
Josh Taylor reports: The gambling reform parliamentary committee has rejected the use of biometrics as a form of identification technology for gamblers, stating that the technology would be a privacy overreach.The report (PDF), handed down today by the committee looking at tackling the gambling addiction that currently affects 95,000 Australians, and led by Independent MP Andrew…