Declan McCullagh reports: A White House aide today previewed the administration’s forthcoming approach to Internet consumer protection, saying it will provide “privacy law without regulation.” “Businesses that are engaged in responsible privacy practices today ought not to face any additional burdens,” said Danny Weitzner, associate administrator at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) who’s…
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Calif. Assembly passes cell-phone privacy bill
Marisa Lagos reports: The state Assembly unanimously approved a bill Monday that would force law enforcement officers to secure a warrant before they can search the contents of a cell phone. The measure has changed slightly since it was approved by the state Senate last month, so the upper house must weigh in again before…
Investigation, privacy at odds in Vermont search case
Sam Hemingway reports: John A. Kacur is frustrated. Last summer, the 84-year-old resident of Lyon Mountain, N.Y., discovered that someone in Burlington had obtained his Social Security number and other personal information and was applying for credit cards under his name. Burlington police investigated the case, and Detective Michael Warren acknowledged last week that he…
Don’t like websites tracking you? The courts don’t seem to care
Matthew Ingram comments on this week’s court decision tossing claims against McDonald’s, Interclick, Mazda, and Microsoft for use of “flash cookies.” In this case, the plaintiff tried to argue that the use of “flash cookies” and other methods to track her for advertising purposes, even after she had deleted her cookies, was a breach of the Computer…