Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation hearing, 10 am, EST: “The State of Online Consumer Privacy“ Witness Panel 1 The Honorable Jon D. Leibowitz Chairman Federal Trade Commission The Honorable Lawrence E. Strickling Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration U.S. Department of Commerce Witness Panel 2 Mr….
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In Congress this morning: “TSA Oversight Part I: Whole Body Imaging”
House Committee on Government Oversight & Reform, Subcommittee on National Security Today, 9:30 am – 11:30 am, EST: “TSA Oversight Part I: Whole Body Imaging“ Witnesses Panel I Representative Sharon Cissna Alaska State House of Representatives District 22 Panel II Marc Rotenberg Executive Director Electronic Privacy Information Center Fred Cate Distinguished Professor and Director of…
UK: Government refuses to outlaw celebrity gagging orders
Oliver Wright reports: Ministers have ruled out reforming Britain’s privacy laws or bringing in new legislation to stop super-injunctions silencing the media, the Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke said yesterday. Launching the Government’s draft Libel Bill, Mr Clarke said such a move would be “wildly controversial” and there was no legislative time available in Parliament to…
White House to Push Privacy Bill
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries And Emily Steel report: The Obama administration plans to ask Congress Wednesday to pass a “privacy bill of rights” to protect Americans from intrusive data gathering, amid growing concern about the tracking and targeting of Internet users. Lawrence E. Strickling, an assistant secretary of commerce, is expected to call for the legislation at…