Tony Romm writes: It took 140 characters to reignite the debate over law enforcement and online privacy in Washington. Last week, Twitter persuaded a judge to make public a federal order that required it to turn over stored data for users with potential connections to WikiLeaks. Privacy hawks from the Beltway to Silicon Valley say…
Category: Laws
Obama Administration fleshes out online trusted IDs
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a new Web site fleshing out the Obama Administration’s plans for a National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). The Web site appears designed to provide additional information on the government’s unfolding strategy, as well as to downplay any concerns some might…
The reports of REAL ID’s death seem greatly exaggerated
From thats-news-to-me dept. Over on The Volokh Conspiracy, Stewart Baker writes: The Center for Immigration Studies and Janice Kephart have released a remarkable new study about REAL ID, the controversial drivers license security requirements adopted to implement one of the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations. The law sets security standards for state licenses. It was attacked from the…
Leahy Sets Cyber Privacy Agenda
Aliya Sternstein reports: Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious agenda for changing the country’s privacy laws to keep pace with the digital age. The committee will continue where it left off last session in revising the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act to balance law enforcement’s need to probe…