Jon Stokes writes: The White House has announced a new initiative aimed at bringing the federal government into the online identity space in a major way. Via a post on the White House blog, the administration has announced the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). The blog post has a link to a…
Category: Laws
Ca: Changes to privacy laws vague
David Canton comments that C-29’s language is vague and may confuse as much as clarify: Bill C-29 was recently introduced to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. The bill is an attempt to address a number of shortcomings in the legislation that governs private-sector privacy in Ontario and other provinces. Most of…
MY: Decision to bar agencies from keeping personal data welcomed
Various quarters welcome the government to bar credit reference agencies from keeping personal data without permission. Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca) adviser Prof Datuk Mohd Hamdan Adnan said companies that keep personal data should delete them. “It is strange how they (credit reference agencies) know our addresses and personal data although we have never…
NY: Lawmakers vote to limit NYPD stop-and-frisk data
Michael Virtanen of the Associated Press reports: State lawmakers have passed legislation to prohibit the New York City Police Department from keeping personal information in its database on individuals who have been stopped and frisked by police without arrest or further legal action. Sponsors said information from the department’s street stops, mainly of blacks and…