Controversial data collection

Date	Article Title	Publication	Author	Synopsis

7/14/2008	ID industry fighting Big Brother image	ContactlessNews		Radio frequency identification technology and biometrics get a bad rap. That's according to many in the ID industry who believe the benefits derived from these technologies outweigh the pitfalls. A ContactlessNews report tells how ID industry advocates are working to overcome the negative stigmas attached to RFID and biometrics applications, which are increasingly being used in everything from passports to public schools.
7/10/2008	U.S. defends laptop searches at the border	Christian Science Monitor	Alexandra Marks	The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) believes its practice of seizing and reviewing the content of laptop computers entering the country at border crossings is necessary to defend against terrorism and to preventing the transport of child pornography.
6/12/2008	Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Others unite to fight NYS ad targeting bill	Washington Post.com	David Kaplan	An ad hoc coalition of companies with a stake in online advertising have signed on to a letter addressed to New York State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky outlining their opposition to a bill Brodsky has authored that would impose restrictions on data collection for use in online advertising.
6/9/2008	Companies under fire for privacy faux pas	Online Media Daily	Wendy Davis	A consortium of digital rights advocates wants Congress to investigate the legalities of behavioral targeting practices.
6/2/2008	FTC halts pretexting to obtain confidential information	SC Magazine	Sue Marquette Poremba	The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has put a stop to one company's use of pretexting--a technique by which individuals use false pretenses to obtain consumers' private information.
5/30/2008	Google Seeks Dismissal Of Street View Lawsuit	Information Week	Thomas Claburn	Google insists it has the right to drive upon a private road, turn around in a private driveway, and take pictures of private property.
5/28/2008	Measures Aim To Bolster Data Privacy	news.gov.hk		Government staff will undergo training to raise awareness on information security and privacy, says a News.gov report. Topics to be covered include the handling of official documents outside the office and a review of relevant policies and guidelines.
5/22/2008	Google Questioned over privacy practices	Reuters	Diane Bartz	Texas Rep. Joe Barton wants to make sure that, as the Google-DoubleClick merger progresses, the companies are making every effort to ensure the protection of customer data, says a Reuters report.
5/22/2008	Feds encrypt 800,000 laptops	Network World	Carolyn Duffy Marsan	In an effort to secure the personal data of millions, federal agencies have begun purchasing and deploying encryption software for the roughly two million laptops, handhelds and removable storage devices at federal, state and local government agencies nationwide.
5/20/2008	U.S. Corporations massively read employee e-mail	Help Net Security		Recent survey results reveal that, in an effort to protect corporate data, many large enterprises are increasing controls on the outbound communications of employees, says a Help Net Security report.
4/25/2008	Understanding Data Security Risks of P2P	eweek.com	Brian Prince	eWeek reports that leaks of personal data caused by peer-to-peer file transfers are on the rise, and that new research in the area shows that organizations might not be doing enough to prevent them.
4/16/2008	In business, protection pays off	Chicago Tribune	Deanese Williams-Harris	About 300 people attended a one-day workshop on data protection for businesses co-sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission and the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and hosted by the Northwestern University Law School in Chicago.
3/17/2008	A Battle Is Brewing Over Online Bahavioral Advertising	eweek.com	Renee Boucher Ferguson	If passed, a bill moving through the New York State Assembly that has been described as an Internet advertising bill of rights could establish a de facto national standard regulating the ways in which online advertisers collect data.
3/17/2008	Research: IT security maturing, but misaligned	Info World	Matt Hines	While the information technology security market continues to mature, it remains out of sync with the needs of the business activities most in need of ITSec capabilities, according to new research by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and IDG publications CSO and CIO.
3/17/2008	State agency moves to plug USB flash drive security gap	Computer World	Brian Fonseca	In response to knowledge that portable universal serial bus (USB) flash drives, commonly known as thumb drives or memory sticks, are a common source of data security violations, the State of Washington has begun distributing secure USB flash drives within the state's Division of Child Support.
3/11/2008	Q&A: Howard Schmidt talks about privacy, Chinese hackers and background checks	Computer World	Sharon Gaudin	Former White House security advisor Howard Schmidt engaged in a question-and-answer session published by Computerworld in which the 31-year security veteran discussed a number of cyber and information security issues.
2/25/2008	Lawmakers Ask Agencies For Data Security Update	FCW.com	Jason Miller	Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent letters to 24 Cabinet agencies Feb. 22 requesting a written timeline for when they will meet all four requirements laid out by the Office of Management and Budget in a June 2006 memo.
2/23/2008	Facebook's Subscriber Knowledge Runs Deep	The Washington Post	Catherine Rampell	While privacy advocates and disgruntled users focus on the difficult task of completely deleting account data after a decision to unsubscribe from the popular Facebook social networking utility, are active users overlooking the data they think they've deleted from their active accounts?
2/22/2008	Opinion: Does Search Marketing Need Standards?	Search Engine Land	Paul J. Bruemmer	Paul J. Bruemmer wonders whether the time has come for the search engine industry to implement marketing standards.
2/21/2008	Encryption May Not Be Enough	Cnet News.com	Declan McCullagh	CNet's Declan McCullagh says security researchers last week published a white paper describing how disk encryption may have serious vulnerabilities rendering their security inadequate for keeping sensitive information from the prying eyes of data thieves.
2/21/2008	Driver's License Scanning At Clubs Outlawed	ComputerWorld New Zeland	Stephen Bell Wellington	New Zealand's Law Commission says that the progress of technology is outpacing privacy law.
2/21/2008	Reed Elsevier to Buy ChoicePoint for $3.5 Billion	Bloomberg.com	Simon Thiel	London-based Reed Elsevier will buy Alpharetta, Georgia-based ChoicePoint for $3.5 billion.
2/20/2008	Court Criticized Over Wikileaks Ruling	ComputerWorld	Jaikumar Vijayan	Civil rights groups and privacy watchdogs are speaking out against a ruling by a California District Court judge that threatens to shut down the controversial Web site Wikileaks.org.
2/13/2008	FTC Lengthens Window On BT Comments	clickZ.com	Zachary Rodgers	ClickZ blogger Zachary Rodgers writes that the Federal Trade Commission has extended the period for accepting public comment on the self-regulatory guidelines it published last year for the Behavioral Targeting industry from February 22 to April 11.
2/13/2008	FTC Says Consumer Data Security A Top Priority	Media Daily News	Eric Sass	In a speech delivered before the Direct Marketing Association this week, the Federal Trade Commission's Eileen Harrington, deputy director of the Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said that enforcing consumer data security is "of the highest and greatest concern."
2/11/2008	Opinion: Search For Recognition To Change Online Advertising	Wall Street Journal	Esther Dyson	In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Esther Dyson says that, while all online advertising eyes are focused on the pending merger of Google and DoubleClick, as well as Microsoft's pursuit of Yahoo, the real action is happening among the subscribers of online social networking utilities.
2/5/2008	Study: Data Access Enforcement Too Lax	Dark Reading	Larry Ponemon	Announcing the latest research from the Ponemon Institute, Dr. Larry Ponemon writes in Dark Reading that inadequate governance of access to data is at the root of many corporate security failures, putting sensitive data at risk.
2/4/2008	What Might Microsoft-Yahoo Know About Consumers?	Forbes	Andy Greenberg	Andy Greenberg speculates about the implications of a successful merger of Microsoft and Yahoo should the $44.6 billion acquisition bid be approved by U.S. and European regulators. Dubbed "MicroHoo," the resulting merger would, according to data from Hitwise, host 80.1 percent of all email service traffic and 27.8 percent of all online searches.
2/4/2008	Telecommuters Put Data Privacy At Risk	Computer World	Jay Cline	A Computerworld article by Jay Cline, CIPP, discusses the data security risks inherent with the proliferation of employees telecommuting from home offices where operations may not be completely within the control of enterprise security measures.
1/29/2008	Renewed Talk of Digital Pearl Harbor	The Red Tape Chronicles	Bob Sullivan	Bob Sullivan discusses the renewed debate over the potential for a "digital Pearl Harbor," a crippling act of cyberterrorism designed to disrupt trade and government activity.
1/28/2008	Canada's Privacy Commissioner Warns Of Global Data Misuse	Internet Business Law Services	Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada	Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart warned that rampant misuse of personal data constituted a significant threat to Canadians and people all around the world. Stoddart has been urging Canadian lawmakers to pass new legislation requiring Canadian companies to notify consumers in the event of a data breach and says that sharp increases in breach incidents, identity theft and spam should be enough evidence that action needs to be taken soon.
1/28/2008	Update: Court bars company from online sale of phone records	Info World	Grant Gross	Accuserve, which does business as Abika.com, has been ordered to stop selling phone records without permission and to turn over nearly $200,000 in profits
1/28/2008	Opinion: Security Policy First Step To Protecting Data	Computer World	Anton Chuvakin	Anton Chuvakin says that the first step to successfully protecting sensitive data is the development of a sound data security policy.
1/28/2008	Sri Lankan Data Protection Law Would Encourage E-Comm	lankabusinessonline.com		In Sri Lanka, developing countries are being urged to adopt data protection and privacy laws as a means of encouraging e-commerce activity.
1/28/2008	Privacy Experts Gather At Duke For Privacy Day	Carolina News 14	Ann Forte	Privacy experts representing the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Homeland Security, Intel Corp and Google Inc. are gathering today at Duke University in observation of Data Privacy Day. Data Privacy Day is a joint effort of Duke and the International Association of Privacy Professionals meant to spark dialog over the threat of identity theft and the importance of maintaining data privacy in the Internet age.
1/25/2008	Government Fails to Enforce Privacy on New IDs	ABC News	Leslie Harris	The Department of Homeland Security had a chance to get it right when it released new rules for implementing the Real ID Act. But once again, privacy was kicked to the curb.
1/24/2008	Opinion: Privacy And Security Are Not Separate Issues	Wired	Bruce Schneier	The notion that privacy and security can be treated as two separate issues is a flawed approach.
1/23/2008	Old Data Tapes May Contain Sensitive Residue	Info World	Matt Hines	In a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Minnesota Congresswoman Betty McCollum asserts that the practice of reselling old data tapes may put sensitive information at risk.
1/22/2008	Opinion: Proliferation Of Video Surveillance Is Disturbing	Courant.com	Rick Green	Federal, state, and local authorities along with private entities, are "obsessed" with surveillance, inspiring a new feature film, "Look," shot entirely from the perspective of a video surveillance camera.
1/22/2008	City Employee Fired After Review Of GPS Data	KCRG News	Steve Nicoles	Wellman, Iowa fired a public works employee after a review of GPS data showed that the man was not spending much time on the job.
1/19/2008	Mayor Bloomberg Proposes DNA Data Bank	New York Times	Al Baker	New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed DNA data bank, which would amass the genetic signatures of virtually all criminal suspects, goes well beyond current standard practice of cataloging the DNA only of those convicted of felonies.
1/18/2008	Child Advocates Demand Tougher Rules For ISPs	CBC News		Saying that tougher rules are needed to protect children from exploitation, child safety advocate Rosalind Prober of Beyond Borders, wants Canada to pass new legislation requiring ISPs to collect and retain information on subscribers who access child pornography.
1/18/2008	Data Breach Notification Law Urged For Canada	Computer World Canada	Rafael Ruffolo	The University of Ottawa's Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic believes Canada needs a data breach notification law, including the creation of a publicly accessible electronic registry of data breaches.
1/17/2008	Life Is Good Settles With FTC	Boston Business Journal		Clothing retailer Life is Good has settled with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that the company failed to properly secure the personal information of its customers. The FTC charged the Hudson, New Hampshire company with failing to live up to its privacy statement, and to indefinitely storing unencrypted credit card information on computers without adequate access controls.
1/15/2008	EC Privacy Ruling On RFID May Stifle Growth	RFID Journal	Mark Roberti	In his blog at RFID Journal, Editor Mark Roberti argues that a potential new ruling by the European Commission on the use of RFID tags at the retail product level may be a case of too much, too soon.
1/15/2008	Opinion: Personal Information Is Radioactive	Guardian Unlimited	Cory Doctorow	Author Cory Doctorow says that digital personal information should be treated is if it were nuclear waste.
1/14/2008	SEC Narrows View On Brokerage Client Data	Investment News	Bruce Kelly	In a case with broad implications on the use of private client data, the Securities and Exchange Commission is hearing arguments on potential Regulation S-P violations of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act by Houston-based broker dealer NEXT Financial Group.
1/11/2008	DHS: RFID Will Not Weaken Border Security	Washington Post.com	Kathy Kraninger	Kathy Kraninger, director of the Screening and Coordination Office of the Department of Homeland Security responds to complaints that RFID-enabled border documents will weaken security and compromise individual privacy.
1/8/2008	Arizona Lawmaker Upset With Use Of Biometrics In Schools	East Valley Tribune	Andrea Natekar	The growing use of fingerprint scans in school lunch lines has upset at least one Arizona lawmaker. Stating that "privacy is more important to me than efficiency," Senator Karen Johnson of Mesa is drafting legislation that would limit or outright ban the use of biometrics in Grand Canyon State schools.
1/6/2008	CES Panel: Privacy Tempering Mobile Personalization	moconews.net	Carlo Longino	At the Consumer Electronics Show's Mobile Entertainment Conference in Las Vegas, a panel of senior executives representing mobile technology and communications companies said that privacy concerns are holding back progress in mobile personalization.
1/4/2008	CIOs Must Bear Data Protection Burden	Information Week	John Soat	With no clearly established point of responsibility for protecting sensitive corporate and consumer information, many companies lack the motivation to properly secure valuable data.
1/2/2008	Marylanders now can freeze credit reports	The Capital/Hometownannapolis.com	Andrew Childers	Maryland residents now have the option to restrict access to their credit reports.
1/1/08	Privacy Expectations Of Job Applicants: Tips For Employers In Conducting Background Checks	The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel	Garen E. Dodge	Procedures that employers should implement for conducting background checks on potential employees.
1/1/2008	Ponemon Study Finds Lax Company Data Security Policies	CCH HR Management		A Ponemon Institute study which found that companies are failing to enforce simple data security protocols.
12/30/2007	How to Lose Your Job on Your Own Time	New York Times	Randall Stross	Many Companies are using the internet to snoop on their employees.
12/28/2007	Connecticut may let residents remove directory data	SC Magazine	Dan Kaplan	Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, a Republican, has called for a new law allowing state residents to remove their personal information from internet phone directories and other sites that maintain and distribute records at no cost or for a fee.
12/28/2007	Opinion: Eight Privacy IT Trends	CIO Magazine	Brian Tretick	In an article written for CIO Magazine, CIPP and long-time IAPP member Brian Tretick of consultancy Ernst & Young writes of eight areas for privacy and IT professionals to watch in 2008. The article focuses on areas such as data collection and use, international regulations, encryption and other technological issues, contractual obligations, data mobility and telecommuting, and data disaster contingency planning.
12/22/2007	FBI Launches $1 Billion Project To Build World's Largest Biometric Database	eweek.com	Reuters	The FBI is poised to award a 10-year contract to build the world's largest biometrics computer database.
12/13/2007	Report: Tracking Consumers Through Mobile Phones On The Rise	vnunet.com	Ian Williams	A study about mobile-phone tracking that indicates that consumers' concerns over personal security outweigh their concerns about privacy
12/13/2007	Second-Hand Stores Continue To Collect Private Information From Sellers	Ottawa Sun	Khairoon Abbas	Despite an order from Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian, second-hand dealers continue to collect personal information from sellers.
12/5/2007	A holistic view of data-driven security	SC Magazine	Gordon Rapkin	Reacting to security breaches is not the right approach to data protection.
11/8/2007	Tips For Businesses Seeking To Protect Customer Data	News Blaze	Jacqueline Klosek	Jacqueline Klosek, CIPP, routinely advises businesses on ways they can protect their customer information. The author of a new book, "The War on Privacy," Klosek in this piece first suggests that businesses conduct an internal audit.
11/5/2007	Bush Administration Plans To Extend Deadlines For State Compliance With REAL ID	The Boston Globe	Spencer S. Hsu	The Department of Homeland Security is planning to extend deadlines to comply with national standards for tamper-proof driver's licenses amid escalating complaints from states that the program is too costly and difficult to achieve.
11/5/2007	Opinion: One-Size-Fits All Approach To Data Security Won't Work	Cnet News.com	Gene Hodges	Gene Hodges, Chief Executive Officer of Websense, writes a perspective piece urging Congress not to adopt a "one-size-fits-all" approach to data protection.
10/31/2007	The new urgency to fix online privacy	Cnet News.com	Eric Sinrod	Eric J. Sinrod, fresh back from the IAPP Privacy Academy 2007, notes the growth of the privacy profession since he first began writing about privacy protection a decade ago.
10/29/2007	Privacy, Personal Information At Risk On Campuses	Information Week	K.C. Jones	CDW Government has released the results of its annual Higher Education IT Security Report Card after a survey of 151 higher education IT directors and managers.
10/29/2007	Why We Still Invite Data Breaches	Cnet News.com	Dan Sarel	Insider threats and lack of controls on databases are among two of the biggest challenges facing companies at a time when data thieves are increasingly targeting organizations to steal data to fuel their cybercrime efforts.
10/26/2007	Enterprise data management: Analyzing business processes and infrastructure for data protection	SearchSecurity.com	Russell Jones	This SearchSecurity.com article examines what companies are doing to address their obligations under existing and forthcoming security breach, privacy and security regulations.

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