Privacy lawyer Christopher Wolf writes: Privacy was not on the ballot yesterday, but the results may affect the prospects for privacy legislation in the new Congress. The big news is that Congressman Rick Boucher, a respected Virginia Democrat who has served for nearly 19 years, was defeated by Morgan Griffith, a Virginia state legislator. Boucher, along…
Category: Misc
Gimme back the old voting booths!
My town went to a new voting system this year. Instead of the old curtained voting booths where you push the levers and then hope you have enough grip to pull the main lever to register your vote and open the curtain, the “new and improved” system uses “privacy screens” and a scanner. Here’s how…
We’ve Finally Found The Privacy Line People Won’t Cross
Nick Saint writes: Finally, we’ve found the privacy line that people still aren’t willing to cross: public voicemail. In June, we wrote about a startup called Audioo which lets you automatically publish your voicemail to the web. Audioo was actually the side project of AudioMicro — a less attention-grabbing, but actually profitable startup selling stock…
FTC Admitted as a Member of the International Group of Data Protection Commissioners
Hunton & Williams LLP blog: The international group of data protection commissioners today admitted the U.S. Federal Trade Commission into membership. Meeting at the 32nd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Jerusalem, the commissioners determined that the FTC had the requisite authority and independence to qualify for membership. The decision has been a…