Susan Carroll reports: A federal judge today issued an injunction barring Arizona from enforcing key provisions of its controversial immigration law, prompting promises to appeal from supporters and tears of joy from opponents outside the state capitol. The parts of the law that Judge Susan Bolton put a hold on included sections that required officers…
Category: Laws
FTC Considers Do-Not-Track List
Wendy Davis reports: The Federal Trade Commission is considering proposing a do-not-track mechanism that would allow consumers to easily opt out of all behavioral targeting, chairman Jon Leibowitz told lawmakers on Tuesday. Testifying at a hearing about online privacy, Leibowitz said the FTC is exploring the feasibility of a browser plug-in that would store users’…
Senators fail to agree on privacy approach
Declan McCullagh reports: After six months worth of allegations of privacy invasions involving some of the largest Internet companies, it should come as no surprise that politicians are calling for new laws. The fact that it’s an election year probably made it inevitable. But an unusually lengthy Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday, titled “Consumer…
Appeals Court Protects Free Speech for Privacy Advocate
From EPIC.org: Privacy Advocate Betty Ostergren has won in federal appeals court in her challenge to a state law designed to prosecute her for drawing attention to the state’s online publication of SSNs. In Ostergren v. Cuccinelli, the court ruled that the Commonwealth of Virginia may not prosecute Ostergren for publishing the SSNs of state…