Wendy Davis reports: A draft of privacy legislation floated by Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) would give the Federal Trade Commission authority to craft privacy regulations and to operate a Web site where consumers can opt out of online behavioral targeting. The potential measure would generally require companies to notify consumers about the collection of their…
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Draft “Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011” Published
Christopher Wolf writes: At last week’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on privacy, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) announced that he will be introducing privacy legislation in this session of Congress. A draft of the Kerry legislation, which also currently lists Senator John McCain (R-AZ) as a co-sponsor, has been circulating around Washington and was published yesterday…
Dutch court upholds passport fingerprint demand
I’ve had a tough time following the legal challenges to a Dutch law requiring fingerprints to obtain a passport, mainly because of the lack of English-language news coverage in depth, but here’s the latest development, from DutchNews.nl: The Hague city council is within its rights to refuse to issue a passport to a woman who…
Ca: Air-travel bill flies in Senate
An air-travel security bill that critics initially slammed as an infringement on passenger privacy and a surrendering of Canadian authority to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has passed third reading in the Senate, winning support for an amended version of the legislation from both Conservative and Liberal members. The passage of Bill C-42 means…