It’s not just Senator Chuck Schumer anymore. Michael Liedtke of the Associated Press reports: Four U.S. senators want Facebook to make it easier for its more than 400 million users to protect their privacy as the website develops new outlets to share personal information. The call for simpler privacy controls came in a letter that…
Category: Laws
Tw: Personal Data Protection Act amendments passed into law
A package of amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act were passed into law Tuesday after concerns over its potential restrictions on press freedom were smoothed out. Before the amendments cleared the legislative floor, ruling and opposition lawmakers reached a consensus on exempting mass media from the legislation’s requirement that the consent of an individual…
McCotter’s Plan to Expand DMCA-Style Take-Downs
Jim Harper comments: The “Cyber Privacy Act”? No it ain’t! Michigan Representative Thaddeus McCotter (R) has introduced a bill to create a take-down regime for personal information akin to the widely abused DMCA process. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act established a system where copyright holders could as a practical matter force content off the Internet…
Ariz. governor signs “papers, please” bill
Paul Davenport and Jonathan J. Cooper of the AP report: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law the nation’s toughest legislation against illegal immigration Friday, a sweeping measure that supporters said would take handcuffs off police but which President Barack Obama said could violate people’s civil rights. The bill, sent to the Republican governor by…