The May 2013 iAWFUL

  1. California Privacy bills: Sacramento’s Assault on the Internet – Targeting the heart of the state’s tech industry, nine privacy bills may chase the golden goose out of the Golden State.
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  3. Federal Internet Sales Tax - Imposing a new tax, new collection and filing requirements, and unleashing up-to 600 auditors on online businesses.
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  5. Taking Away Control Over Your Online Accounts – Allowing a court appointed executor to counter your express wishes for how your online accounts are handled when you die.
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  7. Forcing Journals to Make Their Works Publicly Available – Requiring professional journals to give away their published content will diminish the employment prospects of in-state professors and threatens in-state businesses that receive any state assistance.
  1. Data Breach Notification Bills – Adding new threads to the already complicated patchwork of 46 state data breach laws, over-notifying users, and decreasing the incentive for businesses to use encryption protocols.
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  3. Creating New Taxes on Travel Services – Creating new taxes on travel agents and expanding hotel taxes to all parts of bundled travel packages.
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  5. Imposing State Price Controls on e-Books – Forcing publishers to sell digital books at set prices to state libraries could mean your e-books are more expensive.
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  7. Stopping You From Reselling Your Concert Tickets – Allowing venue owners to eject a fan if they resold or gifted a ticket for any event where the venue prohibits resale or transfer of if they used a ticket exchange other than the one mandated by the venue.

 

Previous iAWFUL Lists:

October-2012 iAWFUL List

March-2012 iAWFUL List

September-2011 iAWFUL List

March-2011 iAWFUL List

Sept-2010 iAWFUL List

Feb-2010 iAWFUL List

Aug-2009 iAWFUL List

Inaugural iAWFUL List: June 2009

Privacy legislation that sets information collection defaults will harm the growth of online commerce.