Identity Theft During Tax Season
By: Erin Harper A Consumer Sentinel Network report found that the country's fastest growing crime involves using Social Security numbers to steal tax refunds. The website GoBankingRates.com estimates that $5.2…
Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
By: Erin Harper A Consumer Sentinel Network report found that the country's fastest growing crime involves using Social Security numbers to steal tax refunds. The website GoBankingRates.com estimates that $5.2…
By: Hiroyuki Tanaka http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/02/20/one-new-identity-theft-victim-every-3-seconds-in-2012/ This article is about the results of the”Javelin Strategy & Research’s 2012 Identity Theft Report.” https://www.javelinstrategy.com/brochure/239 According to the article, in 2012, the victims of identity theft…
By Benjamin Smith The Supreme Court’s 2012 decision in US v. Jones failed to resolve many open questions in Fourth Amendment privacy protection, including the particularly shadowy domain of…
By Kamilah Alexander Parents now have one more thing to protect their children from- identity theft. In a development that should surprise no one, identity thieves are now targeting…
By Glenn Velazquez-Morales In another example of the recurring discussion about the relationship between the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the National Pork…
By Hung-Yi Hsiao According to Consumer Sentinel Network data book 2012 released by FTC in February 2013, there were 369,132 identity theft complaints received by FTC in year 2012,…
Interesting foresight that some have. According to their own blog, The 5 Point Cafe (a self-described dive bar) in Seattle, WA has already begun banning google glasses: http://the5pointcafe.com/google-glasses-banned/ . This presents an interesting…
By: Andrew Laing Canada has recently enacted new anti-spam legislation, unimaginatively known as Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, or CASL (you have to give our Congress some credit for coming up…
By: Stephanie Smith In 2011 Par Pharmaceutical ("Par") was charged with violations of FDA regulations governing the off-label promotion of prescription drugs. In its defense, Par contended that its ability to convey “truthful” information to physicians…
By: Kimberly Chow Last week, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) reintroduced his “Do Not Track Online Act.” Under the bill, consumers on the Internet would be able to affirmatively…