"Anti-Privacy" Laws?

Privacy law proponents often find themselves at odds with policymakers developing security regulations. In order for effective monitoring to take place, the Government and law enforcement agencies require access to sensitive information about individuals including their financial transactions, and electronic and phone communications. The following laws are known colloquially as “anti-privacy laws” because they take away some individual privacy rights in the interest of trying to detect and prevent fraud, terrorism and other significant [...]

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Missouri lawmakers follow rebel suit and reject REAL ID

Missouri state lawmakers overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to pass House Bill 361, effectively rejecting the provisions for compliance with the 2005 REAL ID Act. If the Governor does sign the legislation, the Show Me State will have a bit of cleanup to do, including what to do with the data already collected after pilot program, and what happens to the $22M in DHS [...]

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Obama and Congress: maybe REAL ID needs changes

The proposed PASS ID act would repeal or amend several points of concern surrounding REAL ID. Will PASS ID do enough in protecting privacy to persuade state acceptance, or will it sacrifice interoperability, thereby crippling the US War on [...]

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Snooping RFID embedded Drivers Licenses – is REAL ID a BAD idea?

Governments around the world see RFID as a method to better authenticate individuals at airports and border crossings, scanning PASS cards remotely without drivers even needing to present their IDs. The REAL ID Act requires US enhanced drivers licenses by 2017. Will the technology be ready in time for the first cards without jeopardizing citizen’s [...]

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