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As previously noted in a series of postings this year, DOJ has sought, and obtained, voluminous data search records from companies including Yahoo, MSN and Verizon. Today, InformationWeek reported that their FOIA request yielded 54 documents [made available in a Zip archive], that include subpoenas, replies, and related legal documents involving 34 ISPs, search companies …
Social Security Numbers: More Could be Done to Protect SSNs, Full text GAO-06-586T, and Highlights. March 30, 2006. “There is no one law that comprehensively regulates SSN use and protections…GAO found that there were gaps in the practices for protecting SSNs within government agencies and across industry sectors, such as a lack of uniformity at …
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, Judiciary Cmte. Holds Hearing on NSA Wiretapping, in today’s New York Times, Judges on Secretive Panel Speak Out on Spy Program. Related postings on domestic surveillance
In a letter sent yesterday to President Bush, the nine Democrats on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence again called for all 20 members of the committee to be briefed on the details of the NSA surveillance program. This request has been denied. Related postings on domestic surveillance
Press release: “The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved new data security laws Wednesday that will ensure consumers’ personal information is closely guarded and consumers are notified when they are at risk…The bill places new requirements on specific companies that specialize in collecting personal data. These “data brokers” will be required to implement effective …
“The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has partnered with nationally-recognized security and privacy experts to create a new toolkit to help small business owners manage security and privacy challenges. We call it Security & Privacy – Made Simpler (TM). The objective is to demystify the complexities of data security and give small businesses a non-technical roadmap …
“PhishRegistry.org is a free service provided by CipherTrust, Inc. to help businesses know when they are at risk of being phished. PhishRegistry.org monitors the content of your website and alerts you when attempts to duplicate it have been detected. Weekly reports are sent to your email address with information about suspect websites.” See also the …
Hearing – NSA III: War Time Executive Power and the FISA Court, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Tuesday, March 28, 2006. Statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Vermont: “We desperately need some answers to basic questions about the Presidents decision to wiretap Americans on American soil without court approval and without attempting to comply with the …
March 21, 2006 – National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse of the Legal Background and Recent Amendments “Five statutory provisions vest government agencies responsible for certain foreign intelligence investigations (principally the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]) with authority to issue written commands comparable to administrative subpoenas. These National Security Letters (NSLs) seek …
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Updated March 23, 2006: A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident
Newsweek: Why Privacy Won’t Matter Google, Yahoo and Microsoft desperately want to know every last thing about what you do, say and buy. Here’s how they’ll do itand why we’ll let them.
In response to requests by the House Judiciary Committee members for more extensive documentation on the administration’s domestic surveillance program, this afternoon DOJ released two memos (both in PDF) that supported previous statements on the issue, providing nothing of substance in the way of more details, as requested. Reponse to GOP questions Response to Democratic …
