J.R.McHale

> **CISA update**: [Lawmakers Have Snuck CISA Into a Bill That Is Guaranteed to Become a Law](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/lawmakers-have-snuck-cisa-into-a-bill-that-is-guaranteed-to-become-a-law) – MotherBoard. See also: [OmniCISA Pits DHS Against the FCC and FTC on User Privacy](https://www.justsecurity.org/28386/omnicisa-pits-government-against-self-privacy/) – Jennifer Granick at JustSecurity. And previously: [Cyberlaw Professors Oppose CISA](http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Article/122816)

> **Do Not Track**: [FCC Says It Will Not Require Websites to Honor ‘Do Not Track’](http://www.insideprivacy.com/united-states/federal-communications-commission/fcc-says-it-will-not-require-websites-to-honor-do-not-track/) – Covington’s InsidePrivacy. Reaction: [The FCC’s DNT Decision: The Right Call, For Now](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/fccs-dnt-decision-right-call-now) – EFF. See also: [How ‘Do Not Track’ Ended Up Going Nowhere](http://recode.net/2016/01/04/how-do-not-track-ended-up-going-nowhere/) – Re/Code; [Understanding ‘Do Not Track’: Truth and Consequences](http://recode.net/2016/01/12/understanding-do-not-track-truth-and-consequences/) – Jason Kint at Re/Code; and [Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can Violate Wiretap Act](http://www.wired.com/2015/11/court-says-tracking-web-histories-can-violate-wiretap-act/) – Wired

> **CFAA**: [Court (2nd Circuit): Breaking Your Employer’s Computer Policy Isn’t a Crime](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/federal-court-appeals-rejects-notion-violating-your-employers-computer-use) – EFF; See also [The CFAA Meets the ‘Cannibal Cop’ in the Second Circuit and Maybe Beyond](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/05/13/the-cfaa-meets-the-cannibal-cop-in-the-second-circuit-and-maybe-beyond/) – Orin Kerr at the Washington Post

> **European Developments**: [European Court of Human Rights says Blanket Surveillance is a Violation](http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/12/european-court-of-human-rights-says-blanket-surveillance-is-a-violation/) – ArsTechnica, and [Did the European Court of Human Rights Just Outlaw ‘Massive Monitoring of Communications’ in Europe?](https://cdt.org/blog/did-the-european-court-of-human-rights-just-outlaw-massive-monitoring-of-communications-in-europe/) – CDT. Also: [European Parliament Rejects Amendments Protecting Net Neutrality](http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/27/9619962/eu-net-neturality-vote) – Verge, and [The European Parliament Just Dealt a Major Blow to Net Neutrality](http://www.businessinsider.com/european-parliament-net-neutrality-vote-2015-10) – Business Insider

> **National Security Letters**: [See for Yourself for the First Time What User Data the FBI Demanded in a National Security Letter](https://reason.com/blog/2015/11/30/see-for-yourself-what-user-data-the-fbi) – Reason; and [Scope of National Security Inquiry is Revealed](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/01/us/politics/scope-of-national-security-inquiry-is-revealed.html?_r=0) – New York Times

> **Privacy**:

>> [The Growing Problems with the Sectoral Approach to Privacy Law](https://www.teachprivacy.com/problems-sectoral-approach-privacy-law/) – Daniel Solve at the Privacy+Security Blog

>> [Key 2015 Privacy Papers Selected as ‘Must Reads’ for Policymakers](http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/Featured-Blog-Post/Key-Privacy-Papers-Selected-as-Must-Reads”-for-Po.aspx) – TAP

> **Predictive Policing**: [Microsoft is Building an App that can Predict Criminal Behavior](http://www.businessinsider.com/microsofts-crime-fighting-app-2015-12) – Business Insider. See also: [The Constitution Can’t Defend You From Predictive Policing and Here’s Why](http://mic.com/articles/127823/how-pre-crime-law-works#.zptzmL72z) – .Mic

> **Consumer Reviews**: [Senate Commerce Committee Approves Consumer Review Freedom Act](http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/11/senate-commerce-committee-approves-consumer-review-freedom-act-forbes-cross-post.htm) – Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The [Act](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s2044) was subsequently approved by the Senate.

> **Cybersecurity**:

>> [Your Unhashable Fingerprints Secure Nothing](http://hackaday.com/2015/11/10/your-unhashable-fingerprints-secure-nothing/) – Hackaday

>> [Let’s Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org) has begun issuing free HTTPS certificates in [its public beta](https://letsencrypt.org/2015/12/03/entering-public-beta.html)

> #### General Interest