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From the Washington Times, Hill assumes oversight role on airline screening: “Congress has given itself special oversight authority to track a new airline screening process criticized by some lawmakers as an infringement on privacy and civil liberties.” This article refers to the enrolled version of S. 165 (pdf), an act to improve air cargo security, …
On May 8, Senate Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts introduced S. 1025: “An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.” See also the accompanying report …
The Federal Trade Commissions Bureau of Consumer Protection announced its sponsorship of new workshops on “Technologies for Protecting Personal Information” to be held on May 14 and June 4, 2003. “The workshops are intended to explore the role of technology in helping consumers and businesses to protect consumer information.” The agenda for the May 14 …
The House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, held a hearing on May 8, The Importance of the National Credit Reporting System to Consumers and the U.S. Economy. See this link for full-text access to the opening statements of Representative Carolyn Maloney and Representative Rubén Hinojosa, as well as testimony …
On May 8, the Senate passed, 90 – 4, S. 113, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance bill “to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to cover individuals, other than United States persons, who engage in international terrorism without affiliation with an international terrorist group.” See the text of the floor debate from the …
A.B. No. 68, the Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003, was amended in Assembly on April 28 and passed by the Committee on Business and Professions on May 7. The bill “requires an operator of a commercial website that collects personally identifiable information about individuals visiting its website or online service, who are located in …
Nothing new here, but nevertheless worth noting that Time.com has an article, Checking What You Check Out, on opposition to the Patriot Act by librarians across the country. See also my topical resource on the issue here. Also note this posting from the Volokh Conspiracy that states the Time article erroneously interprets Section 215 of …
California Assembly Bill 1143, as amended April 30, “would establish new procedures for the production by an Internet service provider or online community host of identifying information regarding a consumer..” The bill is now under consideration by the Committee on Judiciary.
Canadian Privacy Law Deadline Approaching: “Beginning Jan. 1, 2004, all companies that collect, use or disclose personal information about Canadian citizens during the course of commercial activities will have to comply with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.”
Contrary to the EU Data Protection Directive (pdf), a recent study determined that approximately 44% of European websites surveyed lack required privacy protection policies. The results indicated the greatest complaince was evidenced by UK sites and the worst by French sites.
“The U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery sent a letter to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget offering comment on their work to develop privacy guidelines for e-communications between government agencies and the public.” From the letter: “In particular, we are offering comments on the development of public …
Via the FAS Project on Government Secrecy, news that Attorney General Ashcroft has submitted a report “pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, Title 50, United States Code, Section 1807, as amended,” as acknowledged in this letter. The letter states, “1228 applications were made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for electronic surveillance …
