T.J. McIntyre writes: Ronan Lupton (barrister and also chair of Irish telecom industry body ALTO) has written a particularly useful and well informed analysis of the impact of the new Data Retention Act on Irish law and has been kind enough to allow me to mirror it here. Read his analysis of the Communications (Retention of…
Category: Laws
Commissioner Says Do-Not-Track is Not FTC-Endorsed
Jack Marshall reports: The FTC has not endorsed a do-not-track mechanism for online advertising and data collection, nor has such a concept been properly vetted for feasibility, according to FTC Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch. In an opinion piece published by AdAge today, the commissioner wrote, “The concept of do-not-track has not been endorsed by the commission…
CBO: Taxing mileage a ‘practical option’ for revenue enhancement
Pete Kasperowicz reports: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week released a report that said taxing people based on how many miles they drive is a possible option for raising new revenues and that these taxes could be used to offset the costs of highway maintenance at a time when federal funds are short. The…
Georgia GOP’s DNA bill offends Bill of Rights
Bob Barr comments on some state-level legislation in Georgia that is part of a disturbing national trend to permit law enforcement to take DNA samples from people who have been arrested. I’ve blogged about this type of legislation in the past. Most recently, North Carolina implemented this type of law and Senator Schumer is pushing…