The California Department of Insurance (DOI) is considering regulations that would enable insurance prices to depend on the precise number of miles a car is driven in a given billing period. But in implementing these “Pay As You Drive” regulations, the DOI appears poised to empower insurance companies to require customers’ cars to be outfitted…
Feds say ‘dragnet’ lawsuit threatens security
David Kravets of Threat Level has a report as to what happened this morning in the Jewel v. NSA case in Judge Vaughn Walker’s courtroom. “What has changed between now and 2006 that suggests I should take a different view of this argument?” Walker asked Coppolino about the government’s state secrets assertion. Coppolino said Walker…
Facebook still violates Canada’s privacy laws?
The popular social networking website Facebook hasn’t always properly guarded the privacy rights of its users and could still be in violation of some provisions of Canadian law, the country’s privacy commissioner is expected to announce Thursday after a 13-month investigation. Jennifer Stoddart launched the probe last year after the Canadian Internet Policy and Public…
India to issue biometric ID cards to 1.2 billion
The Indian government has announced that it is to issue all of its 1.2 billion citizens with biometric identity cards. The operation will be run by the Unique Identification Authority, a new government department created specifically for the task of assigning every living Indian an exclusive number and gathering and electronically storing their personal details….