Katitza Rodriguez of EFF comments on Data Privacy Day 2011 and then writes: EFF calls upon governments worldwide to: Repeal the EU Data Retention Directive, and any mandatory data retention regime that requires ISP to preemptively record traffic data about the online activities of millions of citizens who haven’t committed any crime. Provide strong safeguards against…
Category: Laws
Challenge to the new Dutch passport fingerprint database rejected by The Hague [corrected]
A Dutch reader sent me some disheartening news from his country today. It appears that a challenge to a law requiring all Dutch citizens provide their fingerprints for passports was rejected by The Hague. The fingerprints are to be maintained in a centralized registry, and privacy advocates have raised concerns about privacy, the security of…
ACTION ALERT: Contact your senator about S.193 today!
As an important update to my earlier post about PATRIOT Act extension bills: EFF has created a convenient way for you to contact your senator to express support for S. 193, which includes some checks and balances on government surveillance provisions. If your senator is on the Senate Judiciary Committee, it is particularly important for…
CDT Policy Post on Data Retention
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) has issued a policy post on data retention. Here’s a snippet from their post: If Congress is seriously considering legislation, it should look carefully at the development of Europe’s mandatory data retention policy. Many European countries and courts are backing away from the European Union data retention…