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Today the FTC hosted a public workshop, “Monitoring Software on Your PC: Spyware, Adware, and Other Software,” (Agenda, pdf) “to explore the issues associated with the distribution and effects of software that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge and which may send such information to another entity without the …
ISP EarthLink and privacy software company Webroot Software have published their first report on the pervasive impact of spyware, based on an audit covering the first three months of 2004, that includes scans of one million PCs. See also this PCWorld article on Spy Stoppers.
Yale Law School’s Information Society Project hosted the CyberCrime and Digital Law Enforcement Conference March 26-28. From the conference, links to selected presentations are as follows: Computer Crimes and Intermediary Liability: The Case for Protecting Vulnerability Publications The Digital Crime Scene: A Software Prospective The Legal Construction of Identity Theft Designing Accountable Online Policing
From the FTC press release: “A new Spam Scam Alert from the Federal Trade Commission could help consumers avoid becoming identity theft victims.” Is Someone “Phishing” for Your Information?
From the Computer Crime Research Center: Internet fraud: volumes are increasing: “According to certain data, there are 30 kinds of illegal operations with cards in the Internet. The most widespread are payment using non-existing cards, creating false Internet shops, e-thefts, false payments at gambling websites.”
Treasury notice from the March 2 Federal Register: Public Comment on Formulating and Conducting a Study on the Use of Biometrics and Other Similar Technologies to Combat Identity Theft For reference, see the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act).
RSA Security Study Shows Identity Theft Awareness High, But Consumer Confidence Low, (abstract only available online).
Press release: Senator Feinstein Calls on CEOs to Protect Privacy of Documents Outsourced Abroad: “As policymakers consider the impact of American jobs being sent overseas, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) reminded CEOs of several major U.S. corporations of another danger brought on by the outsourcing of work abroad the increased potential for identity theft.” …
From PC Magazine, Identity Theft: What, Me Worry? is a useful article that documents the experiences of one couple who were victims of “low-tech” fraud, offers a series of steps to protect against such crimes, a guide to e-gov resources and credit bureau telephone numbers and web links, as well as a list of check …
Assembly Bill 459, “an Act to repeal and recreate 409.521 of the statutes; relating to: inclusion of social security numbers and employer identification numbers in Uniform Commercial Code financing statements,” was by Governor Jim Doyle on February 6. From the press release: “When residents borrow money and secure the loan with personal property, the lender …
From the FTC press release today: “The notice provides a background summary of FACTA and the rulemaking, contains an overview of the public comments received, and includes a section-by-section analysis of the final effective dates rules..” Federal Trade Commission (16 C.F.R. Part 602) and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 C.F.R. Part …
Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act (Introduced in House), February 3, 2004: HR 3754, To provide additional civil and criminal remedies for domain name fraud. See this posting on the bill by Susan Crawford, Assistant Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law, and an article from Reuters, Lawmakers Push Penalties for False Web Records. See also …
