While our Third Circuit considers whether law enforcement can compel DNA samples from arrestees or if it violates their constitutional rights, Ernest Mabuza of Business Today (ZA) reports that legislation making it possible for South African law enforcement to collect DNA samples from suspects or convicted offenders is unlikely to be passed by Parliament any…
Category: Laws
Open personnel records of government workers
An editorial from the Gaston Gazette in North Carolina advocates limiting the privacy of personnel files of government employees: The fiasco created with the hiring of a new county health department director underlines the need for change in North Carolina law about the personnel files of government workers. The change can’t come too soon for…
A Novel Data Security Law Proposed in Colorado
David Navetta discusses a proposed law in Colorado, HB 11-1225: Regulation is achieved via the “carrot” or the “stick” (and sometimes both). This is true in the information security context as well. For example, to incentivize encryption of personal information, breach notice laws use a stick: those that fail to encrypt may have to provide…
‘Aadhar’ does not breach privacy: Nilekani
NEW DELHI: Allaying privacy fears surrounding ‘Aadhar’, the Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani said the project would in no way put at risk citizens’ security and rights. Delivering a lecture on ‘Analysing and Envisioning India,’ Nilekani said having an Aadhar number in no way puts the resident in a security risk or…