Michael Adkins of Collas Day summarizes amendments to the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law. According to Wikipedia, Guernsey is a possession of the UK and not part of the UK nor part of the EU. Of particular interest to me in their amendments: Section 55(2) has been amended to offer further exemptions to people…
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WV: New law to change how police officers search vehicles
Erica Peterson broke: Despite the fact that West Virginia’s population is about 95 percent white, a recent study by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services found that minority drivers in West Virginia are 1.5 times more likely to be stopped by police than white drivers. And once those drivers are stopped, minority drivers are…
EPIC Urges Congress to Extend Children’s Privacy Law to Teenagers and Social Network Services, Says Current Law Has Failed to Keep Up with New Business Practices
From EPIC.org: EPIC President Marc Rotenberg testified today before the Senate Commerce Committee. He said that “COPPA did not anticipate the immersive online experience that a social network service would provide or the extensive data collection of both the trivial and the intimate information that children would share with friends.” Mr. Rotenberg also pointed to…
U.S. Plans New Rules on Student Privacy
The U.S. Education Department announced on Monday that it would propose new regulations governing student privacy rights in the next several weeks. In an announcement in the Federal Register, the department said that it would revise rules to carry out the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, with two goals in mind. One would be…