A national day of protest against the Search and Surveillance Bill will be held on Saturday, 24th April. Simultaneous protests will be held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. “It is time to get out on the street and show our disgust with this Bill,” Batch Hales, spokesperson for the Wellington Stop the Bill group said….
Category: Laws
California Bill Would Boost Online Privacy For Minors
Social networking sites may soon be prohibited from posting certain personal information about minors in California. A bill approved 25-4 Thursday by the state Senate would require the sites to remove the option allowing users to publicly post their home address or phone number if users say they are under the age of 18. The…
Draft of ACTA released
The draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was released yesterday, and there’s a lot of buzz because it does not contain a “three-strikes” rule for those who illegally download copyrighted material. Here are some links to some of the coverage and commentary: Rashmi Rangnath, staff attorney for Public Knowledge, provides an analysis and commentary,…
Illinois Flips Adoption Privacy Law
The Illinois Senate today passed a bill that significantly changes how adoption records are handled by the state. The House passed the bill last month, and Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign it into law. The bill, HB5428, removes the current automatic confidentiality a birth mother receives when giving a child up for adoption….