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Civil liberties watchdogs oppose Senate cybersecurity bill
Some of the objections outlined in the letter are similar to privacy and civil liberties watchdogs' objections to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act the House approved April 25.
White House: 'Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights' a step toward do not track legislation
The White House unveiled Feb. 23 a " Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights " as part of a larger report (.pdf) formulated through the work of the Commerce Department's Internet Policy Task Force. The task
Privacy concerns over House Intelligence cybersecurity info sharing bill
The House Intelligence Committee approved Dec. 1 legislation ( H.R. 3523 ) that would set up a cybersecurity threat information sharing mechanism between the intelligence community and the private
HITECH Act's promise of data security not yet realized
The HITECH Act (.pdf) was intended to enable electronic health record innovation and adoption by plugging the data privacy holes left by the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act, or
BART cellphone shutdown sparks FCC petition
A bevy of public interest groups called on the Federal Communications Commission Aug. 29 to issue a preemptive ruling against local government suspension of commercial cellular service. In an
Industry says incentivize cybersecurity, don't regulate it
A paper written by a bevy of industry groups calls on the federal government to restrain from increasing its regulatory presence in cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, most of which is in the
Open Internet debate causes more censorship in China
Chinese Internet censorship is intensifying but unsustainable, said Michael Posner, assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights, and labor during a Feb. 18 State Department webcast. The
NERC: Government intervention in electric grid controls 'scary' to contemplate
Government intervention in the electric grid during a cyber attack would be "very, very scary" even if the Defense Department might be justified under such circumstances in shutting down parts of the
FCC outlines cybersecurity best practices for ISPs
Remotely controlled botnets threaten end users, users connected to infected users and Internet service providers. Unfortunately, perpetrator catch rates are very low, and remediation tools are
Anonymized health IT data still traceable, House panel warned
As electronic health records start to become pervasive in physician practices--thanks in no small measure to federal incentives --there's a growing worry that electronically-collected health data
