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Data Breach Legislation Moves Forward in the Senate
Three data breach bills are headed to the Senate floor after a favorable vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bills [S. 1151, S. 1535, S. 1408] set out a variety of approaches to protecting user data and warning users...
California Passes Updated Data Breach Legislation
California has enacted Senate Bill 24, first introduced in 2001 by Senator Joe Simitian, which strengthens existing state breach notification law. Since 2002, California law has required data holders to notify individuals if their data is breached, but the law...
House Committee Approves Controversial Measure to Require Data Retention for All Internet Users
The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to approve a bill that will require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to retain data on every customer to allow the government to identify and track their online activity for one year. EPIC Director...
Privacy Groups tell Senate Stronger Laws Needed
A coalition of 15 privacy and consumer groups, representing millions of consumers and Internet users, sent a letter to the Senate Commerce Committee urging Congress to do more to protect consumer information. "Consumers today face an unfair choice: either stay...
Senator Leahy Introduces Data Privacy Bill
Senator Leahy introduced the Data Privacy Bill of 2011, which is aimed at increasing protection for Americans' personal information and privacy. The bill establishes a national breach notification standard, and requires businesses to safeguard consumer information and allow consumers to...
Media Shield Law Moves Forward in Senate
The Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee with a vote of 14-5 and has been sent to the full Senate for a vote. The bill will make it more difficult to compel...
House Members Introduce PATRIOT and FISA Reform Bills
Representatives Conyers, Nadler, and Scott introduced two bills today that would amend the PATRIOT Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The Patriot Amendments Act of 2009 will enhance reporting and judicial oversight of law enforcement powers, including the National...
TSA Responds to Whole Body Imaging Objections
The Transportation Security Administration has replied to the Privacy Coalition statement on whole body imaging systems. The agency claims that the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) provides adequate protection. The Privacy Coalition letter pointed out that "the devices are designed to...
Senators Take a Pass on REAL ID
Senators Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) and George V. Voinovich (R-OH) have introduced the Providing for Additional Security in States' Identification Act of 2009. PASS ID, should it become law, would replace the controversial REAL ID Act of 2005. The REAL...
Congress Approves Bill Limiting TSA's Use of Whole-Body Imaging
Today, the House approved a bill that will limit the use of Whole-Body Imaging machines, installed by the Transportation Security Administration, in US airports. The devices photograph American air travelers stripped naked and could easily be programmed to record images....
