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A bill to amend the USA PATRIOT Act to repeal the sunsets was introduced in the Senate May 21, by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AR). See S. 2476. See my previous post on USA Patriot Act Sunset Provisions. See also ACLU, ALA Oppose Bill Making Patriot Act Permanent
From the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a 15 page report (pdf), Anonymization May Protect Privacy As Government Seeks Data, that states: “The same technology that permits the accumulation, sharing, and analysis of huge databases also allows for the incorporation into information sharing systems of features that protect information from abuse or misuse. In …
From EPIC: “EPIC and a coalition of privacy advocacy organizations filed comments (pdf) with five federal agencies which issued a proposed regulation under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act. The coalition supported the regulation’s general prohibition on creditors obtaining or using medical information about a consumer in connection with deciding whether the consumer is …
Govt Computer Surveillance Rings Alarm Bells Survey Finds U.S. Agencies Engaged in ‘Data Mining’: See the following report, issued today by the GAO – Data Mining: Federal Efforts Cover a Wide Range of Uses. GAO-04-548, May 4. Highlights. “Our survey of 128 federal departments and agencies on their use of data mining shows that 52 …
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On May 25, California State Senator Liz Figueroa offered an amended version of SB 1822 which struck language that would have presented substantial obstacles to Gmail’s operation in the state.
California workers may have to be told boss is looking at their e-mail: “SB 1841, requires employers to give employees a onetime written notice if they plan to read e-mail, track Internet use, or use other electronic devices to monitor employees on or off the job. The bill requires employers to explain what will be …
“Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Member of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security and Congressman Jim Turner (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Committee, and House Democrats, yesterday introduced the Strengthening Homeland Innovation by Emphasizing Liberty, Democracy, and Privacy Act, or SHIELD Privacy Act, to strengthen homeland security by protecting privacy and civil liberties.” Text of …
Public Workshop: Radio Frequency Identification – Applications and Implications for Consumers, to be held June 21, 2004. “The workshop will address both current and anticipated uses of RFID tags and their impact on the marketplace.” Federal Register notice: extension of public comment period on RFID issues.
Attorney David T.S. Fraser’s blog on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act and Canadian privacy law issues provides a wealth of resources, commentary and links, frequently updated, from his home base in the wonderful city of Halifax.
Technology for securing your credit card transactions while conducting online purchases is described in this article.
Federal government agencies are required to conduct privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and make them available to the public, according to Section 208 of the E-Government Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-347, 44 USC Ch. 36, 44 USC 3501). As the increasingly routine process of government collection of personal data results in the creation of larger databases, …
