Uniform
Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act
“The
Uniform Law Commission (ULC, also known
as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws), established
in 1892, provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted
legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state
statutory law… The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) has worked for the uniformity
of state laws since 1892. It is a non-profit unincorporated association,
comprised of state commissions on uniform laws from each state, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each
jurisdiction determines the method of appointment and the number of
commissioners actually appointed. Most jurisdictions provide for their
commission by statute.
There is only one fundamental requirement for the more than
300 uniform law commissioners: that they be members of the bar. While some
commissioners serve as state legislators, most are practitioners, judges, and
law professors. They serve for specific terms, and receive no salaries or fees
for their work with the ULC.”
UN
rights chief warns of ‘disturbing lack of transparency’ for digital mass
surveillance
“The top United Nations human rights official today warned of the “disturbing”
lack of transparency in governmental surveillance policies and practices,
“including de facto coercion of private sector companies to provide sweeping
access to information and data relating to private individuals without the
latter’s knowledge or consent.”
“This is severely hindering efforts to ensure accountability for any
resulting human rights violations, or even to make us aware that such
violations are taking place, despite a clear international legal framework
laying down Governments’ obligations to protect our right to privacy,” UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay
said
in Geneva today.
Introducing a report compiled by her Office entitled,
The
Right to Privacy in the Digital Age, she stressed the need for vigilance
and procedural safeguards against governmental surveillance programmes.”
