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…
KPK, govt at loggerheads over wiretapping
Irawaty Wardany and Novan Iman Santosa report: The government and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) are still in dispute on the planned government regulation on lawful interception with the KPK concerned by the complex bureaucracy it would have to face prior to wiretapping. “We have several objections to the idea. First, the obligation to get…