Cindy Horswell reports: As a growing number of states move to strengthen their DNA databanks, many investigators and crime victims in Texas say dangerous criminals may escape justice here because the state fails to require DNA sampling of most arrestees. […] Texas allows DNA samples taken from arrestees only if they are charged with a…
Category: Laws
U.S. Pushes Carriers to Ease Barriers to Wiretapping
Charlie Savage reports: Law enforcement and counterterrorism officials, citing lapses in compliance with surveillance orders, are pushing to overhaul a federal law that requires phone and broadband carriers to ensure that their networks can be wiretapped, federal officials say. The officials say tougher legislation is needed because some telecommunications companies in recent years have begun…
HK: Consultation Report on Review of Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance published
The Government published today (October 18) the Report on Public Consultation on Review of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO) and launched further public discussions on the legislative proposals to strengthen personal data privacy protection under the PDPO. The PDPO, enacted in 1995, requires updating in order to afford adequate protection to personal data privacy…
Is the Family Education Rights Privacy Act a protective shield or an excuse?
The Freedom of Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) recently urged Congress to revise the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Their proposal, if adopted, would likely water down privacy protections for both students and parents. The resolution states: Whereas, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, called “FERPA,” was…