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Press release: “Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced today that his office is investigating Facebook over representations the company makes about safety measures in place on its website. In a letter accompanying a subpoena for documents, Cuomo warned the company that a preliminary review conducted by his office revealed significant defects in the sites safety controls …
Social Security Administration OIG Audit: Assessment of F-1 Students’ Use of Social Security Numbers, A-08-07-17085, 09/12/07, 19 pages, PDF. Related, from DHS Leadership Journal today, the “Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on behalf of DHS to overturn [Illinois] Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act will place restrictions on the ability of employers in …
FTC Consumer Alert – Q&A: The National Do Not Call Registry How long does my phone number stay registered? “Your phone number will remain on the registry for five years from the date you register (unless you choose to take it off the registry or your phone number is disconnected). If you register online, you …
Press release: “Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) today slammed a Bill introduced into the Senate which would give members of the Australian Federal Police powers to ban access to Internet content. The Communications Legislation Amendment (Crime or Terrorism Related Internet Content) Bill 2007 would, if enacted, give senior members of the Australian Federal Police powers to …
EPIC: “The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee of the Department of Homeland Security held a series of panel discussions on the topic of “information fusion centers.” EPIC’s statement to the committee made specific recommendations on the need to create accountability, oversight, and greater transparency on the work of fusion centers. So far DHS has …
Newsweek, Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, Sept. 20, 2007 – “The nations biggest telecommunications companies, working closely with the White House, have mounted a secretive lobbying campaign to get Congress to quickly approve a measure wiping out all private lawsuits against them for assisting the U.S. intelligence communitys warrantless surveillance programs. The campaignwhich involves some …
EPIC: “The United States Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled An Examination of the Google-Doubleclick Merger and the Online Advertising Industry: What Are the Risks for Competition and Privacy on Thursday, September 27. Dave Drummond of Google, Brad Smith of Microsoft, Scott Cleland of Precursor, Tom Lenard of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, …
House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Warrantless Surveillance and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: The Role of Checks and Balances in Protecting Americans Privacy Rights (Part II). Statements of Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence and Kenneth Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, United States Department of Justice. LLRX.com: The Protect America Act and Legislation …
Heise Online: “The world’s number one search engine Google is calling for international standards for data protection. “Three quarters of the countries in the world have no privacy regimes at all”, Peter Fleischer, Google’s Privacy Chief, explained at a conference organized by UNESCO, the UN’s Education, Science, and Culture Organization, on the topic of “Internet …
Google Calls for Global Online Privacy Standard: “Google envisions the policy to be a product of self-regulation by companies, improved laws and possible new ones.” Related, from EPIC: “As Google faces opposition to the proposed acquisition of Doubleclick, Google’s privacy counsel called for less restrictive global privacy standards. The company’s current privacy practices are under …
Via EFF – “How National Security Letters Violate Our Privacy: The 26-minute video, also available on DVD, explores the repercussions of the FBI’s power to demand hundreds of thousands of Americans’ private records without any oversight by a court or Congress. Two former Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, Lisa Graves [bio] and Bruce Fein [bio], …
Press release: “The FTC today told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade and Tourism that it has a robust record in protecting consumers and preserving competition in the marketplace…Speaking for the Commission, Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras said that much of the work of the FTCs Bureau of Consumer …
