A BILL To ensure that certain Federal employees cannot hide behind immunity. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Traveller Dignity Act of 2010’’. SEC. 2. NO IMMUNITY FOR CERTAIN AIRPORT SCREENING METHODS. No…
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Governments should have to justify privacy-affecting laws, says ICO
Governments should be forced to report on the impact of laws which affect citizens’ privacy after they have come into force, telling Parliament whether those laws have worked and what privacy rights have been infringed, the UK’s privacy watchdog has said. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has told a Parliamentary committee that there should be…
Ron Paul Introduces H.R. 6416: The American Traveller Dignity Act
The text of Rep. Ron Paul’s statement in Congress: Mr. Speaker, today I introduce legislation to protect Americans from physical and emotional abuse by federal Transportation Security Administration employees conducting screenings at the nation’s airports. We have seen the videos of terrified children being grabbed and probed by airport screeners. We have read the stories…
Dutch Bill Proposes Data Breach Notification Requirements and Revised Cookie Regime
In a move toward implementation of the EU e-Privacy Directive, on November 3, 2010, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs submitted a bill to the Dutch Parliament that would amend the Dutch Telecommunications Act to obligate telecom and internet service providers to provide notification of data security breaches, and require consent for the use of cookies (the…