Protect America Act of 2007 Protect America Act was an amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The Act was signed by then-President George W. Bush on August 5, 2007.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) 1978 The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was enacted in 1978 which was introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy in 1977 and signed into law by President Carter on 25 October 1978.
Data Protection In France The key regulation that relates to the personal data in France is the Data Protection Act (DPA). With respect to the internet, there are no such stringent laws for internet censorship in France except that for child pornography, sites promoting terrorism or racial hatred and violating copyright rules. The DPA law was largely amended by […]
Mandatory Data Retention Laws in Norway In March 2006, the European Union enforced the European data retention directives. This directive is directed to the Member states for the purpose of combating terrorism and to synchronize their national lawful agendas and framework for retaining data. The retained data includes the records of call details, location, network traffic data, and transaction information. Previously, […]
Privacy Laws: Internet Regulation in Germany Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) (BDSG) is the main regulation that deals with the right of protection for private and family life. With the other data protection regulations of the German federal states and other area-specific regulations, the BDSG regulates the exposure of personal data which are retained or manually processed in IT systems. However, […]
Privacy Laws: Canada Internet Regulation There isn’t a particular law that is designed for Canadian citizens. However, there are certain laws that encircle the internet related issues. Such Canadian laws are Criminal Code, Copyright Act, and the Trademarks Act.
Australia: Broadcasting Services Act 1992 The Broadcasting Service Act is an act of Australian parliament which was enacted in 1993. Its basic function is to regulate the issues related to content and media ownership in Australia. The Broadcasting Services Act is a really vast legislation for which you can get complete details in this official document. However, in this article, […]
Data Retention Laws in Sweden At the beginning of 2003, in the Swedish Parliament, the Data Retention Act was accepted which compels the country’s internet service providers and telecom companies to retain users metadata for six months. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in one of its decision declared that these directives violate the privacy rights while one of the […]
USA Freedom Act: The New Additions The US freedom Act was signed by Barack Obama on June 2, 2015. Many of the legislative points in Patriot Act expired in 2015 when this law was passed. The reason to dissolve the Patriot Act was its clashing legal aspects by the court. For instance, the United States of Appeals for the Second Circuit […]
USA PATRIOT Act – All You Need To know About The USA PATRIOT Act is officially termed as “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism). This legislation was passed in 2001 after the massive incident of 9/11. USA- PATRIOT Act was basically an anti-terrorism law which was enacted by U.S Congress at the request of then-President George W. […]
