Defending The Constitutional Liberties Our Forefathers Fought To Guarantee

Kim Hedden, Policy Analyst
Bimonthly Update for Febuary 16, 2007

Government and Privacy: News from Capitol Hill

Senator McCain Proposes Database of Illegal Images and Photos on Internet. CNET, 02.07.07

http://news.com.com/Senator+to+propose+surveillance+of+illegal+images/2100-1028_3-6156976.html?tag=nefd.lede

Congress Reviving Legislation Requiring Internet Service Providers (ISP) to Retain Customer Records. CNET, 02.06.07

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6156948.html

Internet Personal Privacy Bill Resurfaces. Among Other Issues, the Bi-Partisan Bill Would Criminalize the Cover-up of Large Scale Data Breaches. CNET, 02.06.07

http://news.com.com/Data+breach+bills+resurface+in+Congress/2100-7348_3-6156904.html

Here is the Complete Text of the Personal Data Privacy Act in a PDF format. Courtesy of The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).

http://www.epic.org/privacy/pdf/DPSA2007.pdf

Activist’s Corner and First Amendment Issues

Maine Becomes the First State to Say No to Implementation of Real ID. Others May Follow Suit. The New York Times, 02.05.07

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/05/washington/05real.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

American Civil Liberties Union Establishes Website Specifically to Battle Read ID.

www.realnightmare.org

Judge Rules Against Illinois Secretary of State for Second Time. “Choose Life” Allowed on Personal License Plates. Christian News Wire, 02.09.07

http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/250212191.html

Texas Governor Signs Executive Order Mandating HPV Vaccinations for All Sixth Grade Girls Bypassing the Legislature and Ignoring Parental Concerns. KeyeTV.com, 02.02.07

http://keyetv.com/health/local_story_033154423.html

Internet Security and Vulnerability

Security Vendors to Present New Solutions to Technological Vulnerabilities at the Annual RSA Security Conference in San Francisco. Darkreading.com, 01.31.07

http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=116050&WT.svl=news1_2

What the Data Mining Vendors Think: SAS Voted Best All Around Performer. Decideo.com. 01.29.07

http://www.decideo.com/Data-Mining-Firm,-Voted-Best-for-Analytics-Integration_a1519.html

International News

Intel Has Developed Teraflop, a Processor that Delivers One TRILLION Calculations per Second. Digitimes.com, 02.12.07

http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20070212PR203.html

Indian Consulate Not Concerned About Boxes of Visa Applications dumped in San Francisco Recycling Yard. Claims Country Where Many U.S. Corporations are Outsourcing Jobs and Data is More “Relaxed” about Security than is the U.S. David Lazarus in The San Francisco Chronicle. 02.07.07

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/02/MNGHNNTLI81.DTL&hw=Indian+Visa+dumped&sn=001&sc=1000

http://www.morerfid.com/details.php?subdetail=Report&action=details&report_id=2582&display=RFID

Is Medical Privacy Already A Relic of the Past? The Wall Street Journal, via Post-Gazette.com, 12.28.06

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06362/749444-114.stm