|
Date |
Article Title |
Publication |
Author |
Synopsis |
|
4/29/2009 |
Facebook's Kelly launches
Calif. AG bid |
CNET News |
Caroline McCarthy |
Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly yesterday
announced that he will form an exploratory committee to
forward a potential run for the office of Attorney
General of California. |
|
4/27/2009 |
Privacy-information
services: The free, the cheap and the pricey |
Computerworld |
Jay
Cline |
A
run down of various on-line privacy resources. |
|
3/13/2009 |
Senator Olympia Snowe honored with IAPP 2009 Privacy
Leadership Award |
IAPP |
|
A
U.S. senator received the IAPP Privacy Leadership Award
in Washington, DC this week. |
|
3/11/2009 |
A New Approach to
Protecting Privacy in the Evolving Digital Economy |
IAPP |
|
The Business Forum for Consumer Privacy (BFCP)--a
coalition of companies including Microsoft, Google and
HP--will today release a whitepaper intended to start a
discussion about governing information collection and
use. |
|
2/26/2009 |
The Tech Lab:
Bruce Schneier |
BBC
News |
Bruce Schneier |
Security expert and author Bruce Schneier says that 100
years ago people ignored pollution in the rush to build
the industrial age, today we're ignoring data in our
rush to build the information age. |
|
2/18/2009 |
A Creative Commons for
Privacy? |
Ars
Technica |
Julian Sanchez |
What about a Creative Commons-style setup for privacy
policies? Julian Sanchez is "astonished" that no one has
implemented such a scheme. |
|
12/15/2008 |
In IBM, HP and Apple we
trust |
Network World |
Ellen Messmer |
Privacy think tank Ponemon Institute, and trustmark
group TRUSTe have announced the results of the annual
"Most Trusted Companies" study, a measurement of
consumer perception of brand trust. |
|
12/9/2008 |
The IAPP Honors Marty
Abrams with its 2009 Privacy Vanguard Award |
marketwatch.com |
IAPP |
Martin Abrams received the 2008 Privacy Vanguard Award
at a reception last night in Washington, DC. |
|
10/6/2008 |
Average privacy policy
takes 10 minutes to read, research finds |
Out-Law News |
|
It
takes about 10 minutes to read the average privacy
policy, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon
University, who examined the online privacy policies of
75 popular Web sites. |
|
9/5/2008 |
Speaker Interviews |
IAPP |
Dov
Seidman |
How does privacy translate to business success and
profitability? Dov Seidman shares his thoughts on
privacy, principles, compliance and trust--which he says
is the "hard currency of business success--" in this
special Daily Dashboard
Q&A interview. |
|
8/18/2008 |
What Impact Is Technology
Having on Privacy Around the World |
Scientific American |
Larry Greenemeier |
In
an issue dedicated to the topic,
Scientific American crosses
the globe to report on the unique privacy-related issues
different regions are grappling with. |
|
7/7/2008 |
Businesses Falling Short
of Privacy Laws |
New
York Times |
Ana
Patricia Ferrey |
According to a new survey by data protection firm Iron
Mountain, a significant number of companies are not
familiar with state privacy laws, and nearly one-third
were unfamiliar with federal privacy law. According to
the New York Times,
the survey of 115 privacy professionals found that only
59 percent were confident in their knowledge of their
state's privacy laws. The survey was conducted in
advance of new, stricter consumer protection provisions
under the Fair and Accurate
Credit Transactions Act
(FACTA). |
|
6/20/2008 |
Time to update the Privacy Act? |
Federal Computer Week |
Mary Mosquera |
The Privacy Act
may be updated, says a
Federal Computer Week report.
"There is no question that the
Privacy Act of 1974
is not up to the realities of 2008 and the Age of
Information," said Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT),
chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs Committee. |
|
6/10/2008 |
DOD funds research into
info sharing |
Government Computer News |
William Jackson |
Six universities will share a $7.5 million dollar
Defense Department (DOD) grant to help agencies find
ways to share sensitive information while also ensuring
privacy and security of that information. |
|
6/3/2008 |
Google attacked over
privacy policy visibility |
cnetnews.com |
Anne Broache |
The debate concerning the location of Google's privacy
policy continues. Yesterday, a coalition of privacy
advocate groups sent a letter to the company's CEO
questioning the conspicuousness of its policy. |
|
6/2/2008 |
California Privacy Chief
Says Google Should Improve Disclosure |
New
York Times |
Saul Hansell |
Saul Hansell's quest to interpret California's
Online Privacy Protection Act
continues. The law mandates that
commercial Web site operators post their privacy
policies conspicuously on their homepage or on the first
significant page users reach after entering a Web site. |
|
5/30/2008 |
Is Google Violating a
California Privacy Law? |
New
York Times |
Saul Hansell |
In
his New York Times
blog, Saul Hansell looks into California's Online
Privacy Protection Act of 2003, which mandates operators
of commercial Web sites to post their privacy policies
on the homepage of their sites, or on the first
significant page after entering the Web site. |
|
5/28/2008 |
Histradrut, employers
draft agreement over employee computer privacy |
Haaretz |
Ruth Sinai |
Labor and employer organizations have come to consensus
on the degree of privacy employees should have while
using a workplace computer, and on what access employers
should be permitted. |
|
5/28/2008 |
Technical Working Group
Studying RP Data Privacy Bills |
INQUIRER.net |
Erwin Oliva |
The consensus at a recent Philippines technical working
group meeting was that the nation adopt the European
Union framework on data privacy when developing data
privacy bills, says a report on
Inquirer.net. |
|
5/16/2008 |
Data Shuffling as a way to
protect privacy |
Network World |
Alpha Doggs |
Oklahoma State University's Technology Business
Assessment Group has provided $100,000 to fund a project
aimed at protecting the privacy of online data using the
data shuffling method. The project, "Developing Data
Protection Software Based on Data Shuffling," involves
faculty researchers from OSU and the University of
Kentucky. |
|
5/12/2008 |
Proposed Privacy rules
rile small brokerage firms |
Investment News |
Bruce Kelly |
Proposed changes to the Securities and Exchange
Commission's (SEC) Regulation S-P have small and
independent-contractor brokerage firms feeling
overburdened and worried for their futures. |
|
4/15/2008 |
IBM proposes global
security organization |
Washington Technology |
Alice Lipowicz |
Tech giant IBM's public sector consulting group says a
global security watchdog organization is needed to
provide increased protection to people and
infrastructure worldwide. |
|
3/10/2008 |
Changing a mindset: Audits
are no longer one-off events |
SC
Magazine |
Bryan Cote |
Time was, security audits were infrequent, imprecise and
protracted affairs. Today, however, companies can expect
to be audited on a more regular basis and, depending on
their line of business, for compliance with multiple
regulations, such as HIPAA, GLBA and other legal and
industry standards. |
|
2/28/2008 |
NZ Privacy Commish Wants
Mandatory Breach Notice |
Computer World |
Staff Writer |
New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Marie Schroff is in
favor of implementing a mandatory data breach notice,
even though her office recently finalized a set of
recommendations for voluntary notice. |
|
2/27/2008 |
FTC Chair Majoras to Step
Down |
The
Wall Street Journal |
Martinne Geller |
In
a report broken by The Wall Street
Journal and reported by
Reuters, insiders have said Federal Trade Commission
Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras will resign from her post
next month to accept a position as vice president and
general counsel at consumer products giant Procter &
Gamble. |
|
2/26/2008 |
Opinion: Feds Don't
Practice The Privacy They Preach |
Information Week |
George Hulme |
George Hulme, writing for
InformationWeek's Security
Weblog says that federal agencies talk a good game when
it comes to privacy, writing rules and regulations for
private industry to follow, but when it comes to walking
the walk, government falls short of the mark. |
|
2/26/2008 |
FTC Content To Observe
Impact Of IAB Guidelines |
ClickZ.com |
Kate Kaye |
According to ClickZ,
the Federal Trade Commission has opted to take a "wait
and see" approach to new privacy guidelines put forth by
the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). The IAB's
guidelines touch broadly on five areas of concern to the
FTC, including notice, collection, use, security and
accountability. |
|
2/12/2008 |
Interactive Map Tracks
Progress Of Privacy Laws |
CSO
Magazine |
Scott Berinato |
CSO Magazine has published an
article on the progress of data breach notification laws
in the U.S., including an interactive map that allows
the reader to click on a state and see whether or not
the state has a law either on the books or pending,
along with a summary of the law's provisions. |
|
1/30/2008 |
TRUSTe, Ponemon Name
2007's Most Trusted Companies |
marketwire.com |
Morgan McDowell |
Privacy seal program administrator TRUSTe, along with
privacy and data security think-tank Ponemon Institute
this week announced that HP, Inuit and AOL were found to
be the three "most trusted companies for privacy" for
2007. |
|
1/21/2008 |
OMB To Review Federal Agency Compliance Records |
Federal Computer Week |
Mary Mosquera |
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) plans this
year to begin reviewing the privacy compliance records
of federal agencies under the Federal Information
Security Management Act (FISMA) |
|
1/18/2008 |
Information Commissioner's
Office Investigates Facebook |
BBC
News |
Chris Vallance |
The BBC reports that the Information Commissioner's
Office will look into complaints by former Facebook
users who said they were unable to entirely delete their
profiles after quitting the social networking utility. |
|
1/17/2008 |
New Hampshire Balks At
Product Tracking Bill |
New
Hampshire Business Review |
|
A
bill that would require New Hampshire stores to post
warnings to consumers over the presence of RFID chips on
products or packaging within stores has been sent to
committee for further study. |
|
1/16/2008 |
Arizona Names Joublanc State's CPO |
Government Technology |
News Report |
Mary Beth Joublanc, a lawyer with more than thirty
years' experience in healthcare, compliance, and risk
management, has been appointed to serve as chief privacy
officer for the State of Arizona. |
|
1/15/2008 |
Advocates And Activists
Protest RFID Baby IDs |
World Net Daily |
Jerome Corsi |
Privacy and anti-RFID activists in Ohio are expressing
concern over the proliferation of RFID in the state's
birthing centers, where more than half of facilities now
use radio-chipped identification bracelets to prevent
abductions and mix-ups. |
|
1/14/2008 |
Speier To Run For Lantos'
Congressional Seat |
San
Francisco Chronicle |
Marisa Lagos |
Following the announced retirement of 14-term
Congressman Tom Lantos, who is battling esophageal
cancer, former state Senator Jackie Speier will vie for
the Democratic nomination to replace Lantos in
California's 12th District. |
|
12/30/2007 |
Scholars Discuss Privacy
In The Information Age |
NPR |
|
James Rule, the author of Privacy in Peril, and a
scholar at the Center for the Study of Law and Society
at University of California-Berkeley, joins Kathryn
Montgomery, a professor at American University's School
of Communication, for a discussion on privacy and how to
safeguard it. |
|
12/16/2007 |
2007 Brings Internet
Privacy Into Focus |
The
Sunday Times |
Dominic Rushe |
In
response to criticism about data retention policies and
online privacy, the major search engines have tightened
up their privacy policies in the past year |
|
12/11/2007 |
United Kingdom: New
Guidance On What Constitutes "Personal Data" |
Mondaq |
Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP |
The Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") has
recently issued technical guidance, entitled "Data
Protection Technical Guidance: Determining what is
personal data" ("the Guidance") for data protection
purposes. |
|
12/11/2007 |
Security Firm Predicts
2008 Will Be The Year Of The iPhone Attacks |
vnunet.com |
Robert Jaques |
Cybercriminals will focus their efforts on hacking into
the popular iPhone, according to security company Arbor
Network. The firm predicts that the assaults are likely
to take place as the result of malware embedded secretly
into images or other media that does damage on the
iPhone's Web browser. |
|
12/10/2007 |
Security Experts: Managing
Risk Drives Security Strategy |
vnunet.com |
Clement James |
More than 70 percent of the senior security personnel
who attended a recent CSO Interchange in London said
that securing their networks is harder than ever. |
|
12/7/2007 |
New Law Would Require CEO
To Certify Data Protection Safeguards |
The
Times |
Rhys Blakely |
Changes in UK data protection laws are likely to face
fierce opposition from companies that collect and store
large amounts of personal data. |
|
12/4/2007 |
12 Questions For The Board Of Directors |
Internet Business Law Services |
Mark Foley |
A
dozen questions for board oversight of data privacy and
security. |
|
11/26/2007 |
Opinion: The New Urgent
Threats To Privacy |
Forbes.com |
Robert Ellis Smith |
Privacy Journal Publisher Robert
Ellis Smith writes a regular column on privacy for the
Web site forbes.net. In this column, he reveals the
meaning of the new buzz words in the surveillance world:
uberveillance, pervasive computing, ingestible bugs,
ambient intelligence, ubiquitous computing, human-area
networking, "community of interests," biobanking and
nanotechnology. |
|
11/20/2007 |
Industry Experts Discuss
Need For Privacy, Security Officers To Collaborate |
searchsecurity.com |
Bill Brenner |
During the recent (ISC)2 SecureBoston conference,
industry experts stressed the importance of aligning the
privacy and security resources within an organization --
especially in the area of devising an effective breach
response plan. |
|
11/13/2007 |
Employers Play Hard Ball
With At-Risk Workers |
The
Washington Post |
Beth Baker |
Recent attempts by many companies to control healthcare
costs have led to policies that are raising eyebrows
among privacy advocates and employees. |
|
11/7/2007 |
Data Audit Market Benefits
From Compliance Demands |
eweek.com |
Brian Prince |
The value of the database auditing and real-time
protection market is estimated to be about $450
million -- a figure expected to double by 2010,
according to a recent Forrester report, "The Forrester
Wave: Enterprise Database Auditing and Real-Time
Protection, Q4 2007." |
|
10/24/2007 |
Firms Still Behind in
Managing Privacy Compliance, Says Survey |
bernama.com |
|
More firms in Malaysia will recognize the importance of
privacy compliance and data protection as public
awareness of the issue expands, according to Jason Yuen,
Information Technology Security Director for Deloitte
Malaysia's Enterprise Risk Services Group. |
|
9/20/2007 |
Privacy Fears Behind
Attempts To Pass Anti-RFID Legislation |
Computer World |
Matt Hamblen |
Speakers addressed the impact of concern over RFID
tagging and the impact on legislative efforts to
restrict uses of the technology during
RFID World: Boston.
An industry trade group representative from the American
Electronics Association said that RFID and privacy "are
taken very seriously in state governments across the
U.S." |
