Encryption, Potential Data Breach Legislation, and Intermediary Liability Updates: The May 2018 Legislative Update
Privacy/Data Breach/Encryption bills are proposed, net neutrality fights continue, and intermediary liability still in question.
Privacy/Data Breach/Encryption bills are proposed, net neutrality fights continue, and intermediary liability still in question.
Alongside a coalition of academics, organizations from civil society, and the Internet industry, we have sent a letter calling for the inclusion of intermediary liability protections, like Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, in NAFTA.
Monica will coordinate i2Coalition work on the policy initiatives chosen for focus by the member-led i2Coalition Working Groups.
On May 9th, we will provide an update on the current status of the compliance, analyze the correspondence with the Article 29 group, and discuss possible solutions.
Zuckerberg’s visit, a plethora of potential Net Neutrality legislation, trade policy fears, erosion of Section 230, and the possible return of encryption banning dominate Congress in April.
We’ll be discussing an overview of the biggest issues that could lead to industry disaster and why that’s not hyperbole.
This session is especially important information for anyone who runs DNS recursive resolvers, and particularly if you have enabled DNSSEC validation in your resolvers. New information will be presented that will be important in the success of the coming KSK rollover.
We are forming a new committee to handle policy issues arising in regards to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and other related intermediary liability concerns.
Congress rushed to pass an Omnibus Appropriations Bill, while SESTA-FOSTA passed eroding CDA Section 230, and competing Net Neutrality legislation was discussed.
In the letter, M3AAWG and the i2Coalition applaud the FTC’s recommendations and ask them to build on them further.