Kevin Bankston writes: Wow, that was fast: little more than two weeks after EFF testified to a Senate subcommittee that federal electronic privacy law needs to be updated to protect against secret video surveillance just like it regulates electronic eavesdropping, Senator Arlen Specter has responded by introducing a bill to do just that. Specter, chairman…
Category: Laws
Truth in Caller ID Act passes House (corrected)
The Associated Press reports that H.R. 1258, the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010, passed the House today. The proposed law would make it: unlawful for any person within the United States, in connection with any real time voice communications service, regardless of the technology or network utilized, to cause any caller ID service…
New Missouri bill designed to crack down on drunken drivers
Police in Missouri will have the authority to extract blood samples from suspected drunken drivers without a warrant, if a new bill in Missouri becomes law. […] Missouri representative Rachel Bringer supports tightening restrictions on past offenders. Bringer said “If someone fails to take a breathalyzer test their drivers license is revoked for one year…
Bringing US Surveillance Laws Into the 21st Century
Scott M. Fulton, III writes: You may think that your communications with other individuals over the Internet may be protected from unreasonable use by U.S. law enforcement without subpoena and due process. The truth is, judges have been loosening the interpretation of a 1986 wiretapping law, almost pretending that it did apply to present circumstances….