FEC Votes To Allow Lawmakers to Utilize Campaign Funds for Cybersecurity

The FederalElection Committee (FEC) has voted to allow the lawmakers to use their leftover campaign funds to safeguard and protect their email accounts and devices from cyber intimidations. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore) proposes this measure which got unanimously passed by the commission. While submitting the request to the FEC, Sen. Wyden admits that he hadn’t […]

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, […]

Australia: Broadcasting Services Act 1992

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, […]

USA PATRIOT Act – All You Need To know About

USA PATRIOT Act

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. […]