Court Challenge to Scope of FTC Authority to Regulate Data Security
By: Jenna Small In what is being called “unprecedented litigation,” the FTC has sued Wyndham Worldwide Corporation in federal court, alleging violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act…
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…
Javelin Strategy & Research’s 2012 Identity Theft Report
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…
Government IMSI Catchers Operate on the Fringes of Fourth Amendment Privacy
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…
Even Our Children Aren’t Safe
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…
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act
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…
369,132 cases of identity theft were reported to FTC in 2012
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,…
New Canadian Spam Law Fuels Privacy & Commercial Speech Debate
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…
Commercial free speech
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…
“Do Not Track: A Viable Legislative Solution?”
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…