New Zealand Justice Minister Simon Power issued the following press release: Police can now collect DNA at the same time they take fingerprints from people they intend to charge and match it against profiles from unsolved crimes, Justice Minister Simon Power said today. The Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Act allows police to take a…
Category: Laws
Of Note: Text of ACTA leaked (updated)
Last week, in discussing the lack of transparency in the Obama administration, I referred to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and noted, “If ever the text of an agreement needed to be leaked, this is one of those times.” Coincidentally, Knowledge Ecology International now reports that they have obtained a copy of the August 25…
Another lawsuit challenges ObamaCare on privacy grounds
Back in April, I posted something about a l
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wants modern cell phone law
Charles Pope reports that Senator Ron Wyden wants to address an issue that has been one of my “hot button” issues — the hodge podge of decisions as to whether government needs a warrant or not when seeking our cell phone data. Pope reports: …. Sen. Ron Wyden is among a number of lawmakers working…