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Follow-up to postings on DNA database privacy issues, this WSJ free feature today spotlights the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia project to create a database comprised of genetic profiles from up to 10,0000 patients.
Follow-up to postings on breach of veterans data, this press release from Sen. Patrick Leahy comments on the announcement that “the Social Security numbers and other personal information for as many as 2.2 million U.S. military personnel including nearly 80 percent of our active-duty force — were among the data the VA has lost.” …
Follow-up to postings on the government phone surveillance program, USAToday.com reported that Senate Judicary Chair Arlen Specter cancelled hearings that would have scrutinized the extent to which phone companies provided customer records to the NSA. Related Congressional news: CNN reported on growing tensions between Specter and Cheney which produced a formal written complaint by the …
BusinessWeek.com Keeping an Eye on the Snoops: With government eavesdropping getting more aggressive, privacy safeguards need to be beefed up. Postings on domestic surveillance program
Press release, May 31, 2006: “Gov. Lynch today signed Senate Bill 334, which will allows victims of identity theft to ask their credit reporting agency for a “credit freeze.” Once they do, their credit reports cannot be forwarded without their consent or involvement, which will help prevent identity thieves from using people’s good credit against …
The American Bar Association Board of Governors decided reportedly “unanimously…to investigate whether President Bush has exceeded his constitutional authority in reserving the right to ignore more than 750 laws that have been enacted since he took office.”
Washington Post (reg. req’d) – Vast DNA Bank Pits Policing Vs. Privacy Data Stored on 3 Million Americans: “Brimming with the genetic patterns of more than 3 million Americans, the nation’s databank of DNA “fingerprints” is growing by more than 80,000 people every month, giving police an unprecedented crime-fighting tool but prompting warnings that the …
Follow-up to postings and resources for veterans impacted by recent data breach, this press release (includes text of letter to HHS): “Thirty organizations participating in the Consumer Coalition for Health Privacy yesterday asked U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt to undertake a compliance review of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs …
Outbound Email and Content Security in Today’s Enterprise, 2006 (free reg. reg’d): “Enterprises are becoming increasingly concerned about creating, managing and enforcing outbound email policies that ensure that messages leaving the organization comply with both internal rules as well as external regulations.”
Press release: “A new cyber security study released today highlights the difference between perception and reality of consumers’ awareness of online scams and their actual online behavior. While 87 percent of consumers polled said they were confident they could recognize fraudulent e-mails, 61 percent failed to identify a legitimate e-mail. Most respondents categorized all e-mails …
According to security technology expert Bruce Schneier, the NSA data mining surveillance program “won’t uncover any terrorist plots until they are very accurate, and that even very accurate systems will be so flooded with false alarms that they will be useless.”
A Briefing On Public Policy Issues Affecting Civil Liberties Online from The Center For Democracy and Technology – Veterans Data Breach Highlights Inadequate Privacy Protections. Related postings and resources for veterans impacted by this data breach.
