An amended version of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act passed the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee late last week. The bill would require solicitors to obtain parental permission before culling personal data ... An amended version of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act...
WASHINGTON -- A key Senate committee has taken up the debate over online privacy protection, the outcome of which could reshape the way that cable operators and their competitors conduct business via the Internet. The July 11 hearing -- the f...
Legislation that would pre-empt all state statutes and regulations related to Internet privacy has been sent to the Senate floor. The bill, sponsored by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Emest F. Hollings CD-S.C.) would affect personal information c Legislation that would pre-empt all state statutes and regulations...
Byline: Bob Barr, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thanks to the U.S. Senate's remarkable but well-known lack of backbone, nations such as Albania, Croatia, Uganda and many others now will be able to call up the U.S. Justice Department and find out as much ...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the reactionof Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt., ranking member, Senate JudiciaryCommittee) to the First Circuit Court of Appeals decision Thursday inthe Councilman case. In an en banc decision, the court reversed theearlier three-member panel decision in the case. Leahy, the authorof...
Does improved security have to come at the expense of civil liberties? Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Homeland Security Act that will give federal agencies significant new powers to track what Americans are reading, writing and buying online. The bill still has to...
New legislation could bring U.S. privacy protection laws into step with those of the European Union Despite overwhelming concerns about the threat of terrorism, the unethical conduct of corporate America, and the recent floundering of Wall Street, privacy remains an important issue among consumers in the United States and...
The Internet's exponential expansion, the explosive growth and influence of the Web, the mergers of several communications giants and the burgeoning of wireless technology alone may soon rival the impact of the Industrial Revolution. U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., has been an active participant in a...
Technology NewsLink Audits of 16 federal agencies revealed that 64 government Web sites track the browsing and buying habits of Internet users, despite a privacy policy forbidding it, according to a report released by Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson, R-Tenn. The departments of Treasury,...
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