Chris Soghoian writes: Last Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing focused on law enforcement surveillance of modern Internet services. Although both the New York Times and CNET have stories on the hearing, I don’t think either publication covered the important details (nor did they take the time to extract and post video clips)….
Category: Laws
European Commission explains why UK’s Data Protection Act is deficient
The European Commission has released details as to why it sees the UK Data Protection Act as an improper implementation of Directive 95/46/EC, so much so, that it is considering infraction proceedings. Correspondence between the Commission and the UK Government has been exchanged, and despite the possibility of litigation, very little has been published or…
Update: Privacy and the Protection of Personal Information in China
Hunton & Williams have updated their analysis of data protection laws in China: In the past year and a half, new laws affecting personal information protection in China have arisen in various forms, including a consumer protection law and regulations, a tort law, a medical records regulation, a social insurance law, a credit reference regulation…
Privacy Bills Begin Dropping in Congress; More to Follow
Erin Egan writes: As expected, this year is shaping up to be a busy year on privacy. As we noted in an earlier post, many Congressional members on both sides of the aisle are focusing on privacy issues. We still expect Senator Kerry to introduce comprehensive privacy legislation in the next few weeks and we…