Carol Rose writes: American citizens who care about living in a free country should be outraged at the sudden announcement that Massachusetts will cooperate with federal immigration officials by automatically sending to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the fingerprints and information of anyone who is arrested–including U.S. citizens, people who are wrongfully arrested, and people…
Category: Laws
U.S. Commerce Department Unveils Online Privacy Framework
Richard L. Santalesa writes: Though overshadowed by the December 1st release of the FTC’s Privacy Framework (see our coverage here, here, here and the report itself here), we wanted to at least give a nod before the year runs out to the Department of Commerce’s own report, entitledCommercial Data Privacy and Innovation in the Internet Economy: A Dynamic Policy Framework,…
Two privacy-related bills signed into law this week
This week, President Obama signed several bills into law that have privacy implications. In addition to repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, he signed The Social Security Number Protection Act of 2010 and The Truth in Caller ID Act. The former bill is intended to help reduce identity theft by restricting the use of full Social Security Numbers…
The $8 Billion Do Not Track Prize
Ben Kunz of Bloomberg BusinessWeek writes: There’s a great moment in All The President’s Men, the film based on the 1970s Watergate investigation, in which the inside source known only as Deep Throat tells Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward to “follow the money.” Analyzing financial flows and motivation can unearth secrets, Woodward found. So let’s…