Tanya Forsheit analyzes a a draft of a privacy bill introduced recently by Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns: In early May, Reps. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) and Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) introduced a long anticipated “discussion draft” of a bill “[t]o require notice to and consent of an individual prior to the collection and disclosure of certain…
Category: Laws
EPIC Opposes Efforts of National Intelligence Director to Limit Privacy Act
From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed comments with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in response to a Federal Register notice and aproposed rulemaking to establish fourteen new databases. The DNI is seeking to exempt portions of these systems from key protections in the Privacy Act of 1974. EPIC said that this proposal…
EFF Demands Records on PATRIOT Act Effectiveness, Lawfulness, and Misuse
Lawsuit Seeks Information on Three Controversial Surveillance Provisions in Advance of Congressional Debate The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit today against the Department of Justice (DOJ), demanding records on three controversial PATRIOT Act surveillance provisions that expire early next year unless Congress renews them. EFF is seeking the immediate release of Federal Bureau of…
Use of personal information in Azerbaijan to be possible only with person’s consent
From ABC in Azerbaijan: On May 11, the Azerbaijani parliament adopted the Draft Law on Personal Information in the third reading. … use of personal information (personal data) is possible only with the approval of person of information with observance of confidentiality. The Draft Law regulates collection, processing and retention of confidentiality of personal information…