Dave Copeland argues that Facebook’s First Amendment objections to strengthening COPPA are “weak, self-serving, and bound to fail.” Facebook had submitted a letter arguing that because the Commission’s proposal would “restrict the ability of users who are 13 years old or older to ‘Like,’ comment on, or recommend the websites or services on which those plugins are integrated,…
Category: U.S.
ITIF rejects Do Not Track headers
Wow. I just caught up with an article by Grant Gross that says that Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is not honoring Do Not Track headers. Because his article appeared a few days ago, I went to ITIF’s site to see if they were still rejecting DNT headers. They were, as this is what…
Governor Brown Vetoes California Electronic Privacy Protection. Again.
Hanni Fakhouri takes Governor Jerry Brown out to the shed for vetoing the location privacy law passed by the California legislature. Here’s part of the commentary: For Governor Brown, it appears the “right balance” is to tip the scales decisively in favor of law enforcement. Because while vetoing SB 1434, Governor Brown did sign AB 2055,…
Gov. Brown vetoes requiring a warrant for cellphone location info
Patrick McGreevy reports the news-I-expected-but-hoped-I-was-wrong: Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have required law enforcement officers to get a search warrant in order to obtain location information generated by a cellphone, tablet computer or automobile navigation system. Read more on The Los Angeles Times. And if the Governor doesn’t think this bill…