Lyle Denniston writes: The Obama Administration has asked the Ninth Circuit Court to put on hold, for 90 days or more, its review of the constitutionality of the 1993 federal law that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. In a motion filed Wednesday, Justice Department lawyers said the Pentagon needs time to…
Category: Laws
Michigan legislators face the unintended application of a state hacking law
Jonathan Oosting reports on the Michigan email snooping case that’s caught national attention because a man has been charged criminally for accessing his wife’s email account. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper charged the man, Leon Walker, under a 1979 state law that says: FRAUDULENT ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER NETWORKS Act 53 of…
Bangladesh: Personal info protection law demanded
Civil rights activists and media professionals have called for enactment of a law to protect privacy and personal information from intrusion for upholding principles of civil liberty and human rights. At a workshop on ‘privacy and human rights’ on Wednesday, they said private life and rights of citizens are being affected by misuse of technology…
Data Retention in the EU Five Years after the Directive
Monique Altheim writes: The European Commission is planning a review of the Data Retention Directive of 2006, which could include a harmonization and reduction of the periods when public authorities can access citizens’ private data held by telecommunication companies for security matters. The directive allows for retention periods between 6 months and 24 months. Most…