Wendy Davis reports: Whatever else the defeat of Congress member Rick Boucher (D-Va.) by Republican Morgan Griffith signifies, it likely doesn’t mean that online privacy legislation will be off lawmakers’ agenda. […] Indeed, industry watchers tell MediaPost that they expect Congress will continue to focus on privacy even in Boucher’s absence. “This is not going…
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Rep. Barton pledges push for Internet privacy oversight
Cecilia Kang reports: Fresh off the election results, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) said privacy would be a priority for the next Congress. Barton, the potential new chairman of the powerful Energy and Commerce committee, said recent data breaches show the need for more privacy protections for Internet users. “I want the Internet economy to prosper,…
Did the Colorado Supreme Court minimize the seriousness of using another’s SSN? ITRC says ‘yes.’
There was a court decision in Colorado recently that I didn’t cover on this site because the decision supposedly wouldn’t have much impact going forward in light of a new law that had gone into effect. The case involved a man who used his own name, address, and details to apply for a loan,…
Berlusconi Pledges to Push Ahead With Legislation Limiting Wiretapping
Steve Scherer reports: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he’d push ahead with a law that limits police wiretapping during criminal investigations, setting up a clash with a group of lawmakers that left his party in July. The extent of wiretapping in Italy is “uncivilized,” Berlusconi said in a speech to motorcycle makers near Milan….