Pass ID was introduced in the U.S. Senate today. It will be added to the Bills in Congress page of this site once it is available online. Secretary Napolitano of Homeland Security had this to say about the bill: Today’s introduction of Pass ID in the U.S. Senate brings us closer to greater compliance with…
AU: iiNet ordered to hand over customer records
Internet service provider iiNet has been ordered by Australia’s Federal Court to hand over a sample of twenty customer records, to be used as evidence in a landmark copyright case. At the close of the directions motions hearing today, both iiNet and film industry group AFACT (The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) could lay claim…
Canadian MPs call for expanded privacy law
Canadian MPs call for expanded privacy law A Commons committee says the federal privacy law should be expanded to cover new technology such as live surveillance-camera feeds and DNA swabs collected from suspects. Currently the Privacy Act covers only information collected by the government in recorded form, such as papers, tapes and computer files. Read…
Administration Plans to Scale Back Real ID Law
Yielding to a rebellion by states that refused to pay for it, the Obama administration is moving to scale back a federal law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that was designed to tighten security requirements for driver’s licenses, Homeland Security Department and congressional officials said. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to repeal…