January 28 is the international Data Privacy Day in the U.S., Canada, and dozens of European countries. In Congress, Rep. Cliff Stearns of Florida introduced a resolution supporting the designation of January 28, 2010 as National Data Privacy Day. To date, the bill has 14 co-sponsors: Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z….
Category: Laws
Microsoft Seeks New Legal Framework For Cloud
J. Nicholas Hoover reports: Microsoft is asking Congress to pass new legislation to regulate cloud computing, Brad Smith, the company’s general counsel, announced Wednesday in an address at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Specifically, Microsoft is proposing what it calls the Cloud Computing Advancement Act, which would make changes to three major areas of…
MT court: Law requiring Social Security numbers constitutional
The Associated Press reports: The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a state law that requires applicants for wildlife conservation licenses to include the last four digits of their Social Security numbers on the application. The Montana Shooting Sports Association had challenged the requirement, arguing it unconstitutionally infringes upon an applicant’s fundamental right to privacy. Read…
Fixing Flores: Assuring Adequate Penalties for Identity Theft and Fraud
Janice Kephart writes: This Backgrounder proposes statutory language fixes to federal identity theft and aggravated felony language in 18 U.S.C. §§ 1028 and 1028A to reverse the practical implications of the May 2009 Supreme Court ruling in Flores-Figueroa v. United States.1 Flores crippled prosecutors’ longstanding practice of using the aggravated identity theft statute by requiring…