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Declan McCullagh,Chief political correspondent, CNET: How police have obtained iPhone, iPad tracking logs “Law enforcement agencies have known since at least last year that an iPhone or iPad surreptitiously records its owner’s approximate location, and have used that geolocation data to aid criminal investigations. Apple has never publicized the undocumented feature buried deep within the …
Information Security Oversight Offices (ISOO) Report to the President for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010: “This report provides information on the status of the security classification program as required by Executive Order 13526, Classified National Security Information (the Order). It provides statistics and analysis concerning key components of the system, primarily classification and declassification, and coverage …
Privacy Protections for Personal Information Online, Gina Stevens, Legislative Attorney, April 6, 2011 “There is no comprehensive federal privacy statute that protects personal information. Instead, a patchwork of federal laws and regulations govern the collection and disclosure of personal information and has been addressed by Congress on a sector by-sector basis. Federal laws and regulations …
News release: “Data loss through cyber attacks decreased sharply in 2010, but the total number of breaches was higher than ever, according to the “Verizon 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report.” These findings continue to demonstrate that businesses and consumers must remain vigilant in implementing and maintaining security practices. The number of compromised records involved in …
“The Solicitor General filed a petition with the Supreme Court about the growing dispute in the federal courts over warrantless locational tracking. There is a split among the appellate court about GPS tracking by police agencies. The petition appeals a decision from the DC Circuit which held that the warrantless tracking of a motor vehicle …
EU: “77% of 13-16 year olds and 38% of 9-12 year olds in the EU have a profile on a social networking site, according to a pan-European survey carried out for the European Commission. Yet, a quarter of children who use social networking sites like Facebook, Hyves, Tuenti, Nasza-Klasa SchuelerVZ, Hi5, Iwiw or Myvip say …
“On 15 April 2011, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted an opinion on the Commission’s proposal aimed at revising the financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the European Union (“EU Financial Regulation”). The proposal covers several matters which involve the processing of personal data by the EU institutions and by entities at …
National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, Enhancing Online Choice, Efficiency, Security, and Privacy – April 2011 “A secure cyberspace is critical to our prosperity 1 We use the Internet and other online environments to increase our productivity, as a platform for innovation, and as a venue in which to create new businesses Our digital …
Follow-up: Personally Identifiable Information Made Available to the Public Via the Death Master File (Limited Distribution), A-06-10-20173, 3/31/11 “SSA implemented procedures to report erroneous death entry-related personally identifiable information (PII) breaches to the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team each week. SSA also hired a contractor to provide ongoing reviews of Death Master File (DMF) …
“The Federal Trade Commission today told a House subcommittee that millions of consumers are victims of identity theft each year at a cost of billion of dollars and countless hours of consumers time to repair the damage. In testimony before the House Ways and Means Committees Social Security Subcommittee, the agency said helping protect consumers …
Via EPIC: “Epsilon, a large marketing firm, has lost the names and e-mail addresses of customers of Walgreens, JP Morgan Chase, Capitol One, Tivo, and other large companies. The firm announced the data breaches late last week. Data service providers, such as Epsilon, are not well known by consumers and are not typically regulated. Epsilon …
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Trends for 2010, Volume 16, Published April 2011 “Spam and phishing data is captured through a variety of sources, including the Symantec Probe Network, a system of more than 5 million decoy accounts; MessageLabs Intelligence, a respected source of data and analysis for messaging security issues, trends and statistics; as …
