Defending The Constitutional Liberties Our Forefathers Fought To Guarantee

Kim Hedden, Policy Analyst
Bimonthly Update for April 27, 2007

Government and Privacy: News from Capitol Hill

New FCC Rules Expand Consumer Rights to Private Telephone Records; Telecom Industry Not Happy, The Washington Post, 04.06.07

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/06/AR2007040601966.html

House Passes Bill Banning Genetic Discrimination, Kaiser Network.org, 04.26.07

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=44519

Activist’s Corner and First Amendment

This is not a joke: Leaving Ham Sandwich On School Desk Labeled “Hate Crime” in Maine, Immigration Watch, 04.25.07

http://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/?p=3593

Internet and Related Security Issues

Lenders Barred From Accessing Databank With Student Loan Information Due To Misuse, Reuters via Inquirer.net, 04.18.07

http://technology.inquirer.net/infotech/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=61125

Billion Dollar Lawsuit Filed Against Spammers, Computerworld.com, 04.26.07

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9017939&intsrc=hm_list

New Yorkers See Red Over Red Light Cameras: Bright Flashes Invade Apartments at All Hours of The Day and Night, WCBSTV.com, 04.27.07

http://wcbstv.com/seenon/local_story_116164418.html

Securities and Exchange Commission Clarifies Guidelines For Protecting Bank Customers, CCH Wall Street, 04.27.07

http://www1.cchwallstreet.com/ws-portal/content/news/container.jsp?fn=04-27-07

Update on Real ID

Montana and Washington Governors Sign Laws of Non- Compliance With The Read ID Act, The Billings Gazette, 04.22.07

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/22/news/state/45-montana.txt

International News

Is There Real Religious Freedom in Russia? Catholic World News, 04.26.07

http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=50757

Medical Privacy

Mental Health Records And Buying Guns: Why Some States Cannot (or Will Not) Comply, Associated Press via The Wilmington Star, 04.26.07

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070426/NEWS/704260425/-1/State

Veteran’s Administration Patient Records Linked Via Nationwide Computer System, The Washington Post, 04.06.07

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/06/AR2007040601911.html

Miscellaneous Reports

Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department Release Study On Combating Identity Theft

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/04/idtheft.shtm

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Files Complaint Against Proposed Merger of Google and Web Advertiser DoubleClick, EPIC.org, 04.20.07

http://www.epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/epic_complaint.pdf