Declan McCullagh reports: Members of Congress chided the U.S. Department of Justice today for suggesting a new law requiring Internet companies to keep records of user activity, but not disclosing details on how it should be crafted to aid criminal investigations. At a House of Representatives hearing, as CNET was the first to report, the…
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Coming up in the House of Representatives this morning: “Data Retention as a Tool for Investigating Internet Child Pornography and Other Internet Crimes”
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security 10:00 a.m. in the 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Hearing on: Data Retention as a Tool for Investigating Internet Child Pornography and Other Internet Crimes Witness list: Jason M. Weinstein Deputy Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice Washington, DC John M. Douglass…
UK: Privacy watchdog urges stronger data protection in EU law review
Organisations which lose personal data should be forced to disclose the data security breach, the European Union’s privacy watchdog has said. Planned changes to EU privacy law do not go far enough, said the official. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Peter Hustinx has published an opinion urging the European Commission to extend the obligation…
Sweden looks to ban pics taken by Peeping Toms
The Swedish government wants to make it illegal to take pictures of people in “private places” without their knowledge. In a memo from submitted on Monday, the Ministry of Justice wants to add “unauthorised photographing” to the Swedish criminal code. “What we’re trying to do is come up with laws that make it illegal to…