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Awareness of Security Freeze Legislation and Use of Security Freezes by Consumers Age 18+ Research Report, Jennifer H. Sauer, M.A., AARP Knowledge Management, Neal Walters, AARP Public Policy Institute, November 2007 “All but eleven states have enacted Security Freeze laws designed to protect consumers from identity theft. These laws give consumers the right to block …
Press release: “The Division of Privacy and Identity Protection of the Commissions Bureau of Consumer Protection has issued a summary of information it has obtained in preparation for an upcoming FTC workshop on private-sector use of Social Security numbers (SSNs)…In July 2007, FTC staff invited interested parties to comment on the issues surrounding private sector …
McAfee Virtual Criminology Report – Cybercrime: The Next Wave – The annual McAfee global cyber trends study into organized crime and the Internet in collaboration with leading international security experts, November 2007. “For this report we consulted with more than a dozen security specialists at top institutions such as NATO, the FBI, SOCA, the Center …
Press release: “Late Tuesday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won the speedy release of telecom lobbying records from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The agency was ordered to comply with a new December 10 deadline — in time for the documents to play a role in the congressional debate over granting …
US Courts: “New rules providing privacy protection for case files posted online in the federal district, bankruptcy and appellate courts are scheduled to take effect December 1, 2007. Some of the rules represent a change in Judicial Conference policy. Meanwhile, a Judicial Conference committee is studying a related privacy issue: Whether courts should restrict Internet …
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released a survey showing that 8.3 million American adults, or 3.7 percent of all American adults, were victims of identity theft in 2005. Of the victims, 3.2 million, or 1.4 percent of all adults, experienced misuse of their existing credit card accounts; 3.3 million, or 1.5 percent, experienced …
Press release: “With public concern over online fraud, new research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, has revealed that internet users will reveal more personal information online if they believe they can trust the organisation that requests the information. ‘Even people who have previously demonstrated a high level of caution regarding online privacy …
“…the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has been tracking security breaches for the past three years, looking for patterns, new trends and any information that may help us better protect data and assist companies in their activities…In 2006, there were in excess of 315 publicized breaches affecting nearly 20 million individuals. Based on ITRCs categorization, …
DHS Leadership Journal” “DHS posts its System of Record Notices and Privacy Impact Assessments on our website. These documents inform the public what personal information the government is collecting; how it will be used and shared; what consent, access and redress rights the individual may have; how the information will be protected; and how compliance …
US Courts: New rules providing privacy protection for case files posted online in the federal district, bankruptcy and appellate courts are scheduled to take effect December 1, 2007. Some of the rules represent a change in Judicial Conference policy. Meanwhile, a Judicial Conference committee is studying a related privacy issue: Whether courts should restrict Internet …
20 November 2007, Statement to the House of Commons by Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, MP, on HMRC “With your permission Mr Speaker I should like to make a statement on the breach of procedures which led to missing personal data relating to child benefit from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs…The National Audit Office …
Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age, James Waldo, Herbert S. Lin, and Lynette I. Millett, Editors, Committee on Privacy in the Information Age, National Research Council. “Privacy is a growing concern in the United States and around the world. The spread of the Internet and the seemingly boundaryless options for collecting, saving, …
