Eric S. Peterson reports that a bill in the Utah legislature, HB 477, has been delayed. Rep. John Dougall, R-Highland, is a legislator who does not like Big Brother snooping into the private lives of citizens—or Big Media, for that matter. In introducing his sweeping rewrite of Utah’s 20-year-old open government law, Dougall asked his…
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Tell Congress to Rein in PATRIOT and Restore JUSTICE!
From EFF: Congress voted at the end of February to extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, but only for three months — giving liberty-loving citizens a new opportunity to continue to protest this dangerous law and demand reforms before the end of May. A message from you, opposing PATRIOT extension and demanding…
UK businesses must ‘wake up’ to new EU law on cookies, Information Commissioner warns
From the ICO, this press release: Businesses and other organisations running websites in the UK must ‘wake up’ to the fact that EU legislation, which will require them to get consent in order to store or access information on consumers’ computers, is coming into force soon, Information Commissioner Christopher Graham will say today in a…
GPS tracking for wife-bashers and AVO offenders, pledges NSW Premier Kristina Keneally
Courts in New South Wales would get the power to keep high-risk domestic violence offenders under constant surveillance with GPS tracking devices, under a re-elected Labor government. The plan is part of a $15.6 million package of measures designed to combat domestic and sexual violence unveiled by Premier Kristina Keneally today. The measures would also…