Lillie Coney, EPIC Associate Director, speaks at a Privacy Coalition event National Press Club Washington, DC September 9, 2009 As of the time of this posting, the event is not listed on the NPC’s event calendar, so the exact time of this event is unknown.
New Maine privacy law goes too far, lawsuit says
The new Maine law intended to protect the personal information of minors, often referred to as the Maine Predatory Marketing Law, is now under legal fire in court. The Portland Press Herald reports: Four groups are mounting a challenge in federal court to a new Maine law that would make it illegal to collect or…
Accused killers won’t get names of nurses at jail, for now
Levi Pulkkinen of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a follow-up to an earlier news story about a nurse’s union seeking an emergency injunction to bar the release of prison nurses’ names to two inmates who had filed for the information under freedom of information law: Following a brief hearing, King County Superior Court Judge Michael Fox…
Residents personal details sold
Chen Qian has a story on Shanghai Daily about the sale of personal information there that suggests a widespread problem because there doesn’t seem to be any law prohibiting the sale of information. It’s not clear from the story, however, whether the personal details include data more sensitive than name, address, landline and cell phone…