Concurring Opinions

A few time ago we talked about two books by Daniel J. Solove: The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age (NYU Press 2004) and Information Privacy Law (Aspen, 2d ed., 2006) (with Marc Rotenberg & Paul M. Schwartz), Professor Solove is an associate professor of law at the George Washington University Law School.

Solove, Kaimipono D. Wenger, an Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and Nathan Oman who practices appellate and general litigation in Washington, DC, have just published this blog: Concurring Opinions , a blog about Law & Technology, and specific categories such as Privacy, the last one was about: Airport X-Ray Peep Shows

"According to the New York Times, the TSA is moving closer to deploying a new kind of X-ray machine at airports, one that sees through people's clothing.." (More...)

Links:
Daniel J. Solove
The Digital PersonHome Page
Solove's HomepageSSRN Page (Specially A Taxonomy of Privacy)

Kaimipono Wenger
Kaimi's HomepageSSRN Page

Nathan Oman
SSRN Page

Commission launches the European Biometrics Portal

From Europe's Information Society Newsroom Update

Commission launches the European Biometrics Portal

(3 October 2005) Biometrics is becoming a key technology in identity management all over the world. The European Commission has just launched a new public information portal on biometrics, to provide an online platform for information exchange, coordination and community building activities between users and producers in Europe. The European Biometrics Portal (EBP) will be open to scientific and policy contributions from governments, industry and civil society authors. EBP access and membership are free of charge. The new portal's objective is to encourage the development of consistent policies in the field of biometrics and the respect of privacy. EBP will also support European industry in consolidating its resources.

Biometrics & Justice

RTF Info, is a quarterly magazine published by the European Commission presenting a mix of research results and debate on scientific subjects of interest to a wide, non-specialised readership.

The last number, 46, August 2005, has a report about Biometrics & Justice:

"In an increasingly permeable and mobile world, in which information must be transmitted as quickly as possible, the need for secure communication is not limited to financial transactions. In the field of justice in the widest sense – thus including magistrates, judicial authorities, police, etc. – there is also keen interest in the design, development and testing of innovative identification and authentication systems that guarantee maximum security against attempts at “deception” or “human error”. The European eJustice project is currently proposing operational technologies for secure co-operation between various European and national organisations and administrations – and not only in Europe. "

Full article
EJustice Project

One Laptop per Child

From Technology Review by Kevin Bullis

At Technology Review's Emerging Technology Conference at MIT today, Nicholas Negroponte, founder of MIT's Media Lab, showed off the design of a laptop he hopes can be sold for just $100. At that price, governments in developing countries could afford to buy one laptop for every child, he said, opening up educational opportunities for millions.

Full article:

Laptop Initiative

Kazakhstan to preserve data privacy

Published at KAZINFORM, October 3, by Zhiger Baitelessov

Kazakhstan to preserve data privacy


The Agreement on mutual confidential information privacy within the CSTO signed on June 18, 2004 in Astana by its Member States is recommended for ratification by the Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan in order to ensure the protection of the restricted data in foreign policy, economic, scientific-technical, military, military-technical, intelligence, counterintelligence, criminal investigations.

The bill will be submitted to the plenary session of the Majilis Committee on October 5 this year.

Security information transfer to the CSTO Secretariat, an international Organization, is foreseen by the norms of the Accord. The State Secrets Law of Kazakhstan regulating the legal framework and the general system of state secrets protection envisages the procedure of the national secrets disposal to the public organs, foreign countries and citizens but not to international organizations.

Taking into account this information and in conformity with the Law “On International Treaties of Kazakhstan” the Committee proposed the Majilis to ratify the Agreement.

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