The following was published on December 6, but just came to my attention thanks to a helpful reader. Denis Drew writes: How can TSA administrative regs — composed with delegated Congressional legislative power – overwrite an explicit Congressional prohibition of naked child imaging: a legislative house divided against itself? Said prohibition passed First Amendment muster…
Category: Laws
After Radia tapes, India’s govt works on a privacy law
The same government that demands encryption keys from businesses like Google and RIM – India – is also reportedly working on creating national privacy laws. Maneesh Chhibber reports: Worried about the negative impact of the leakage of intercepted conversations, the Centre has begun working on codifying privacy laws in the country. The new law will…
Congress acts to stop scams using false caller IDs
The Associated Press reports: Congress moved Wednesday to stop scammers who use fake caller IDs to trick people into revealing Social Security and credit card numbers and other vital information. House lawmakers trying to wrap up work for the year also passed a second consumer protection bill that would crack down on third-party sellers who…
European Parliament demands that Commission protect web users from advertising
The European Parliament has asked the European Commission to come up with plans to control online advertising more closely; give internet users more control of their privacy; and stop companies publishing advertising masquerading as opinion. It has asked the Commission to introduce rules that force companies to be more up front about behavioural advertising; that…