In light of a political activist group’s efforts to invalidate state laws protecting consumers from annoying prerecorded calls, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is urging federal officials not to override Indiana’s law restricting robo-calls. Since 1988, Indiana law has prohibited the use of robo-calls — prerecorded messages placed to thousands of phone customers through “auto-dialer”…
UK ICO is looking at Lost Laptop
Can a service to help reunite people with their lost laptops run afoul of UK data protection laws? It seems that it might…. David Neal reports: <blockquote>As you might have discerned, there is something about Lost Laptop, the company that puts itself in between misplaced notebooks and their owners, that we just can’t let…
President Obama Rides To The Defense of John Yoo
Over on Concurring Opinions, Dave Hoffman writes: The government has just filed an amicus brief in Padilla v. Yoo, currently on interlocutory appeal (from this order) and pending before the Ninth Circuit. The brief argues against recognizing a Bivens action in the context of advice rendered “relating to war powers and national security.” Part of…
FTC To Host Privacy Roundtable
WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host the first of three public Roundtables to explore the privacy challenges posed by technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. This first roundtable will focus on the benefits and risks of information-sharing practices, consumer expectations regarding such practices, behavioral advertising, information brokers, and the adequacy…