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News release: “Reports of data breaches increased dramatically in 2008. The Identity Theft Resource Center’s 2008 breach report reached 656 reported breaches at the end of 2008, reflecting an increase of 47% over last years total of 446. In terms of sub-divisions by type of entity, the rankings have not changed between 2007 and 2008 …
Privacy Policy Guidance Memorandum 2008-01, The Fair Information Practice Principles: Framework for Privacy Policy at the Department of Homeland Security, December 29, 2008.
“The U.S. Department of Justices Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) has released a booklet highlighting key efforts supported by Global, including the vigilant preservation of privacy and civil liberties; fusion center partnerships; securing exchanged data and networks; and harnessing the power of the latest innovations so that new technology and standardized languages knock down …
News release: “The federal bank, credit union, and thrift regulatory agencies today announced publication of a revised identity theft brochure You Have the Power to Stop Identity Theft to assist consumers in preventing and resolving identity theft. The updated brochure focuses primarily on Internet “phishing” by describing how phishing works, offering ways to …
DHS Privacy Impact Assessment for the Department of Homeland Security State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative, December 11, 2008 “This PIA examines the privacy implications of the State, Local and Regional Fusion Center Initiative, established by the 9/11 Commission Act, as well as for DHS State and Local Program Management Office (SLPMO) which has …
The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security – Implications of Relaxing the Mailbox Monopoly, By Lois M. Davis et al. “The United States Postal Service (USPS) has long held statutory monopolies to deliver mail and to require that only U.S. mail be delivered to the mailbox. While the USPS …
“Thirty privacy, consumer, and civil liberties organizations sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama on the importance of protecting privacy in the next administration. The organizations support the incoming presidents expressed on privacy, consumer rights, and civil liberties. President-elect Obama stated support for strengthening of privacy protection by harnessing the power of technology to hold …
CDT: “HHS Secretary Leavitt announced new key privacy principles for electronic health information exchange. In addition, HHSs Office of Civil Rights published new HIPAA Privacy Rule guidance, which provides important clarifying information on how the Privacy Rule governs covered entities engaged in electronic health information exchange. For example, it clarifies when covered entities must enter …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission issued a report today recommending five measures to help prevent Social Security numbers from being used for identity theft. Principal among the reports recommendations is that Congress consider taking action to strengthen the procedures that private-sector organizations use to authenticate their customers identities…The FTC report states that adopting nationwide …
Press release: “Today, Yahoo! Inc. announced a new global data retention policy that sets an industry-leading approach to user data privacy. This new policy strengthens Yahoo!’s relationship of trust with its 500 million users world-wide and enhances its longtime leadership on privacy. Under the new policy, Yahoo! will anonymize user log data within 90 days …
2008 Network Advertising Initiative Principles: “Through the present 2008 revision to the NAIs Self-Regulatory Code of Conduct, NAI members continue their commitment to respect appropriate fair information practices adapted for this medium and to their business models, maintaining self-regulation with respect to notice, choice, use limitation, access, reliability and security.” New York Times: “The trade …
News release: “Privacy and information security research company Ponemon Institute along with TRUSTe, the most widely recognized Internet privacy trustmark, today announced the results of the Ponemon Institutes fifth annual survey of Most Trusted Companies for Privacy. The study asked 6,486 adult-aged U.S. consumers which companies they thought were most trustworthy and which did the …
