Kashmir Hill follows up on the recent Commerce Department report by posing an interesting question, whether: … if this framework is established, people should have the right to pursue class-action lawsuits against companies that violate the law, or if enforcement should be limited to action by the FTC. Here’s the relevant graf from page 29…
Category: Laws
Senators propose criminalizing misuse of airport body scanner images
While Americans are preparing for one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, Senator Jon Tester is introducing legislation to protect privacy rights at airport security. Many travelers are concerned that new high-tech scanners produce revealing body images On Thursday, Tester introduced a bill that would criminalize any misuse of airport body-scan images by…
Congress already voted against TSA naked child scanning — ditto for state laws against opposite sex groping and scanning
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…
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…