Alicia Dunkley reports that 51 members of Jamaica’s Parliament voted for a Charter of Rights Bill, which had been the subject of intense debate for 17 years: Yesterday, the Bill, An Act to Amend the Constitution of Jamaica to Provide for A Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms and for Connected Matters, was given overwhelming…
Category: Laws
US senator pushes for mobile privacy reform
Declan McCullagh writes: Draft legislation would provide new privacy protections for Americans by requiring police to obtain search warrants to track the locations of cars and cell phones. The forthcoming bill being prepared by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and reviewed by ZDNet Asia’s sister site CNET would provide legal protections for “geolocation information”, meaning data…
Phippine House approves Data Privacy Act of 2011
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure that will protect individual personal data in information and communications systems in the government and in the private sector. House Bill 4115 seeks to ensure that the personal information and communications system in government and in the private sectors are secure and…
Utah lawmaker calls HB477 a mistake, wants repeal
Alison Peek reports: Representative Carl Wimmer-R, Herriman believes a bill that was passed by the Utah Legislature during their 2011 session was “a mistake” and wants it repealed. HB477 was jammed through both houses, recalled, and signed by the governor in less than a week. The law would make most government electronic communications secret, limit…