Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Here's an interesting story, public action, and settlement about a company secretly spying on users from their rental computers.From: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/09/designware.shtm "Seven rent-to-own companies and a software design firm have agreed…
In response to congressional requests, the GAO produced a new report on medical device security (http://www.gao.gov/assets/650/647767.pdf). Unlike agencies like NIST, the GAO provided a number of specific recommendations for the…
http://www.markleweeklydigest.org/2012/09/eu-and-us-eye-privacy-in-parallel.html The article linked above adds to the comparative discussion between EU and US privacy regimes. In every conversation I can recall, Americans consider both the European and Canadian models…
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The FTC may have learned from the backlash over the $25,000 fine the FCC imposed on Google for intercepting wireless traffic with its Street View cars. According to a published…
By: Can Cui In December 2011, a Michigan employer’s motion for summary judgment on a job applicant’s right to privacy claim was denied over questions asked in a routine pre-employment…
New Telecommunications Provider Aims to Enforce Privacy Rights against Government Surveillance through Consumer Autonomy By Sofia Rahman CNET reports that the first ISP executive to challenge the government’s demands for…
Emily Millner As New York Builds Its Health Information Exchange, New And Complex Privacy Issues Arise. The move towards implementation of health information exchange (HIE) introduces new concerns regarding…
By: Fahd Reyaz Genomic testing is becoming cheaper and companies are able to provide better assessments of risk for complex diseases based on an individual’s genome. As more individual’s purchase…
In Paul Krugman's blog at the NYT, his colleague Kim Lane Scheppele has been periodically writing about the recent radical changes in Hungarian government. Today she wrote about the TEK,…