The Campaign for Reader Privacy, which has been fighting to restore privacy safeguards for library and bookstore records that were stripped away by the Patriot Act, warmly welcomed an announcement by the Inspector General (IG) of the Justice Department that he plans to begin a new investigation into how the government is using Patriot Act…
Category: Laws
Inside Australia’s data retention proposal
Benn Grubb provides more on the controversial proposal: The information that the Australian system, if implemented, would get ISPs to log and retain is yet to be set in stone by the Attorney-General’s Department. ZDNet Australia reported various ISP sources’ claims that it could extend as far as each individual web page an internet user…
Website owners lobby against bill
Kim Hart reports: Dozens of small online publishers descended on Capitol Hill Tuesday to make an appeal to lawmakers, saying proposed privacy regulations could put them out of business. Owners of websites such as IKEAFANS.com and JoyOfBaking.com make their living by selling ads on their sites. They fear advertising revenue will evaporate under regulations proposed…
Silicon Valley readies for privacy battle
Mike Swift reports: In the wake of a series of privacy missteps by Google, Facebook and other companies, a growing chorus on Capitol Hill is calling for major online privacy legislation and Silicon Valley companies are girding for the battle. […] The interest in Washington is because “professional privacy critics are generating the noise and…