Declan McCullagh reports: A law requiring police to obtain a search warrant before tracking Americans’ cell phones may imperil criminal investigations and endanger children’s lives, a law enforcement representative told Congress this week. Obtaining a search warrant when monitoring the whereabouts of someone “who may be attempting to victimize a child over the Internet will…
Category: Laws
UK: Mosley responds to opposition in privacy fight
Former FIA president Max Mosley continues to pursue the right to privacy that he feels he was denied when sordid stories about his sex life appeared in the media two years ago, despite opposition to his legal crusade. […] Mosley’s bid to have the laws rewritten, however, have naturally faced opposition, with sections of the…
EPIC Urges Congress to Reform ECPA, Safeguard Locational Data
From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed a statement for the record in a hearing on the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, (ECPA) “ECPA Reform and the Revolution in Location Based Technologies and Services” before the House Committee on the Judiciary. EPIC recommends that Congress consider the need to protect locational data for users of new communications services….
AU: Senate inquiry into online privacy debacles
Ari Sharp and Asher Moses report: A Senate inquiry into the adequacy of privacy laws will soon begin, sparked by recent online privacy controversies and the government’s plans to snoop on web users’ internet communications. The inquiry, pushed through by the Greens, will examine privacy protections and data collection on social networking sites and the…