Over on Politico, Josh Gerstein writes: President Barack Obama’s administration is escalating a legal showdown which has the Justice Department defending official secrecy and executive power with arguments more associated with former Vice President Dick Cheney than the White House’s newest occupants. On Wednesday afternoon, the Justice Department filed an appeal and a request for…
FTC enforces US/EU Safe Harbor Program for first time
From Proskauer Rose: In early August, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the first enforcement action against a U.S. company for violation of the US/EU Safe Harbor Program. This enforcement action should serve as a call-to-action for all Safe Harbor program participants to review their safe harbor programs now, and re-affirm their compliance. The US/EU…
Proskauer On Privacy Conference
A Conference on Global Privacy and Data Security Law in the Information Age. 10/08/09 08:00 AM to 11:45 AM Location: Grand Hyatt New York 109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central Terminal Manhattan Ballroom New York, NY 10017 Proskauer Contact: Kathleen Maiorana Email: [email protected] Description: Please join us for our annual Proskauer on Privacy conference…
Cybersecurity Act returns with a fresh coat of paint
EFF’s Richard Esguerra says that Cnet got it right when Declan McCullagh described concerns about the Cybersecurity Act: In April, we voiced serious concerns about the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, a bill by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME), that sought to give the federal government unprecedented power over the Internet. For months,…