Wendy Davis reports: With the looming threat of new regulations, industry groups are stepping up attempts to convince officials that ad companies can protect Web users’ privacy without government intervention.This week, the Interactive Advertising Bureau launched the “Advertising is creepy” campaign, aimed at educating consumers about online ad targeting. Additionally, the industry-funded think tank Future…
Attorney General defends Indiana robo-call law from national political group’s challenge
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…