Obama’s effort to enforce clear rules on privacy
Bruna Izydorczyk Obama’s effort to enforce clear rules on privacy President Obama took the initiative to convoke major technology companies – of course Facebook and Google are involved -…
Netflix Advocates for Amendment to VPPA
Brian Smith Netflix Advocates for Amendment to VPPA Netflix, the popular DVD rental and video streaming service, is currently supporting an amendment to the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)…
Consumer Advocacy Groups Voice Concerns Over White House Proposal
Danny Blumberg Consumer Advocacy Groups Voice Concerns Over White House Proposal http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/23/4285987/white-house-plan-for-privacy-bill.html The White House's newly released Consumer Data Privacy white paper proposes a co-regulatory process to implement the Consumer…
Obama Administration Unveils Plan to Protect Privacy in the Information Age, including a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights”
Jenna Levy Obama Administration Unveils Plan to Protect Privacy in the Information Age, including a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” On February 23, 2012, the White House revealed…
Advertisers Can’t Be Trusted To Self-regulate on Data Collection, Says EFF
Krystan Hitchcock Advertisers Can't Be Trusted To Self-regulate on Data Collection, Says EFF The Electronic frontier Foundation's opinion that the digital advertising industry can regulate itself properly. The…
Competitive Pressure as a Form of Industry Self-regulation
Josh Goldman One twist on privacy self-regulation is regulation through competitive pressures. A recent back-and-forth between Microsoft and Google has turned a spotlight on browser privacy settings and online advertising…
Google Privacy Policy
Drew Hodel I’m a law student in an information privacy class and when Google alerted me: “New Really Really Important Privacy Policy. Click here,” …I clicked… but definitely not…
Proposed Amendment to Privacy Act
J.D. Bean Proposed Amendment to the Privacy Act: The Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age Act of 2011 - Introduced October 18th, 2011 by Senator Daniel K. Akaka chairman of the…
Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches
Vladimir Andric http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/technology/as-patient-records-are-digitized-data-breaches-are-on-the-rise.html?_r=1&ref=identitytheft Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches Another article confirming the "stick with it like glue" as the major security principle when it…
Proposed EU Data-Privacy Rules Require Breach Disclosure within 24 Hours
Josh Perles Proposed EU Data-Privacy Rules Require Breach Disclosure within 24 Hours Part of a comprehensive suite of data-privacy reforms, the proposed rules would require any firm with…