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The Center for Digital Government announced the results of the 2003 Digital Legislatures Survey. Participation for the survey was solicited from all fifty states, and the Nevada Legislature Online was chosen the “most digitally advanced legislature in the country.” The Minnesota State Legislature and South Dakota Legislature websites were named second best. The rest of …
This afternoon the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Committee on the Judiciary approved the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act of 2003, (H.R. 3261). See my previous postings on this legislation here and here. The Chair of the Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), one of the bill’s co-sponsors, stated: “Databases …
From the website of California State Assemblyman Joe Simitian: Assembly Bill 68 – Online Privacy Protection The Online Privacy and Disclosure Act of 2003 requires commercial Web site operators that collect personal information online from California residents to post a conspicuous privacy policy stating what information they collect and with whom they share the information. …
Today the Supreme Court agreed to review, again, the appeal of the Child Online Protection Act. Links to resources on the Act, as well as related resources, are available in my August 13 posting, DOJ Appeals COPA Decision to Supreme Court.
Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (Introduced in House, October 8, 2003) [H.R.3261.IH] Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Praises Introduction of Bill to Prevent Database Piracy Critics Fear Database Bill Will Hinder Research NetCoalition Letter on Database Draft American Library Association (ALA) website on Database Protection Legislation
See H.R. 3159 [Report No. 108-305], To require Federal agencies to develop and implement plans to protect the security and privacy of government computer systems from the risks posed by peer-to-peer file sharing.
From Sen. Russ Feingold’s press release: “…the Security and Freedom Ensured (SAFE) Act (S. 1701)…seeks to amend several particularly controversial provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that permit the FBI to monitor law-abiding Americans without adequate judicial oversight. The SAFE Act reins in secret searches, curbs roving wiretaps, and imposes reasonable limits on FBI access …
From the House Conference Report (108-283), on H.R. 2658 (263 pages, pdf): Sec. 8131. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be obligated for the Terrorism Information Awareness Program: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to the program …
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) issued a press release on his introduction of a bill (H.R. 3171) to repeal sections of the Patriot Act that authorize violations of civil liberties. “The Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act repeals sections of the USA PATRIOT Act that authorize sneak and peak searches, warrentless library, medical, and financial record …
AB 213 was signed by California Gov. Gray Davis on September 22. This bill would require a manufacturer of a new motor vehicle sold or leased in this state that is equipped with one or more recording devices, commonly referred to as “event data recorders (EDR)” or “sensing and diagnostic modules (SDM),” to disclose that …
Antiterrorism Tools Enhancement Act of 2003, H.R. 3037, To strengthen antiterrorism investigative tools, and for other purposes, introduced September 9, 2003. Pretrial Detention and Lifetime Supervision of Terrorists Act of 2003, H.R. 3040, introduced September 9, 2003. See also Bush Seeks to Toughen Anti-Terror Laws and Justice Bell questions expanded Patriot Act: “A Florida Supreme …
H.R. 2622, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and consumer access to, credit information, and for other purposes, passed the House on September 10. Congressional Record, September 10, 2003: Fair and Accurate Credit …
