Shelley Childers reports: A Texas congressman is planning to introduce legislation that would mandate electronic data recorders, also known as black boxes, in all new cars and trucks. […] And Congressman Gene Green from Texas says this legislation is especially relevant considering the massive Toyota recall saying, “As we witnessed in the Toyota hearing, there…
Category: Laws
National Worker ID Proposed in Comprehensive Immigration Bill
I missed this story last week about newly proposed legislation that would create worker ID cards: President Obama is scheduled to meet with Senators Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) later this week to discuss a Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) bill. At controversy is a proposed national worker ID which would be…
‘Do not call register’ for NZ mooted
Tom Pullar-Strecker reports: A “Do not call” register that would prohibit telemarketers making unsolicited sales calls and a law that would oblige government agencies to tell people if their personal information had been lost or stolen are among a raft of ideas to tighten privacy law canvassed by the Law Commission. In a 500-page report,…
Where’s The Outrage Over The Gov’t Brushing Mass Privacy Violations Under The Rug?
Mike Masnick comments: I have to admit that I’ve been a bit in shock over Congress’s decision to simply renew the Patriot Act, recently, without a single safeguard to protect against abuse. That’s because just before all this happened, we wrote about how a report from the government found (not for the first time) that…