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Data Gathering
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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
UK Airports Implement Compulsory Use of Full Body Scanners
On February 1, 2010, it became compulsory for randomly selected passengers at Heathrow and Manchester airports in the UK to pass through full body scanners before boarding their flights. This…
AdLaw By Request®
FTC Regulators Take New Approach to Online Advertising and Consumer Protection
By Adam Snukal
This post was written by Rachel Rubin. Website users have grown accustomed to the quid pro quo of Internet use and advertising: we browse websites, and those same website collect customer…
Technology Law Source
EPA to Issue Mandatory Data Collection Rule for Nanoscale Materials Under TSCA
Eight months after EPA's interim report on industry participation (or lack thereof) in its Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program, EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act's ("TSCA") Interagency Testing Committee ("ITC") published a report in today's…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Should the SEC be more like the CIA?
Professor Donald Langevoort, Georgetown University Law School, recommends that the SEC "has a lot to learn" from the CIA's methods of gathering information. His comments were part of a program…
Media Law Prof Blog
FTC Releases Report On Online Advertising
While the Federal Trade Commission isn't moving toward regulation, it is telling Internet companies that they are not informing consumers adequately about privacy policies. An FTC press release says in…
Proskauer on Privacy
Federal Court Enjoins Sale of Keylogger Program
A U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently issued a preliminary injunction ordering CyberSpy Software, LLC to stop promoting and selling “RemoteSpy,” a keylogger software program that,…
Media Law Prof Blog
University Study Tracks Cell Phone Users; Ethics Questioned
Northeastern University carried out a study on cell phone users abroad to investigate their patterns of movement, and the results are both interesting, and disturbing. Ethics experts note that the…
Administrative and Regulatory
Supreme Court Enjoins Enforcement of Agency’s Data-Collection Method
[vc_row type="in_container" full_screen_row_position="middle" column_margin="default" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3" shape_divider_position="bottom" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" column_link_target="_self" column_shadow="none" column_border_radius="none" width="1/1" tablet_width_inherit="default" tablet_text_alignment="default" phone_text_alignment="default" overlay_strength="0.3" column_border_width="none" column_border_style="solid" bg_image_animation="none"][vc_column_text]The Texas Supreme Court issued one…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The challenge of collecting sentencing data
Main October 1, 2007The challenge of collecting sentencing dataThe Cleveland Plain Dealer today has this very interesting article that highlights the challenges that surrounding the collection of sentencing data at…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Bush Budget ends important Census data-collection effort