Citizens of 13 Eastern State Eligable For Free Credit Reports on September 1
Understanding credit reports requires homework, patience, By Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Related postings on free credit reports
Category «Privacy»
Techological and Bioethics May Be Focus of Future Supreme Court Cases
Roberts v. the Future, by Jeffrey Rosen: “…in the next 10 or 15 years, as technology and science continue to advance and America’s demographic profile continues to change, the Supreme Court will, in all likelihood, be asked to decide a fascinating array of divisive issues that are now only dimly on the horizon.”
Patriot Act Used to Demand Library Patron Records
Several articles today highlight the significance of yesterday’s ALCU announcement that the government has used authority granted by the Patriot Act, Sec. 505, on National Security Letters, to obtain copies of patron internet related activities from a library institution whose identity cannot be disclosed. The following quote from ALA’s Patrice McDermott is included in the …
Primer on Maintaining Customer Relationships After Data Breaches
How to let customers know there’s been a breach of their data and help them keep their faith in you, by Dr. Larry Ponemon.
ACLU v. Gonzales – Patriot Act and Data Collection on Library Patrons
ACLU press release: “The American Civil Liberties Union today disclosed that the FBI has used a controversial Patriot Act power to demand records from an organization that possesses “a wide array of sensitive information about library patrons, including information about the reading materials borrowed by library patrons and about Internet usage by library patrons.” The …
Google Continues to Capture Headlines With Free Services and Upgraded Features
Google has been the topic of several articles in the New York Times this week. Yesterday the focus was on corporate expansion, and today there is news about Google Desktop 2, an IM application called Google Talk, and Gmail for everyone (all of these services are free). See also: Google’s Grand Ambitions – Its lips …
Will Wireless Surveillance Stymie Innovation As Well as Threaten Privacy?
Following-up on previous postings that address the growing controversy and concern surrounding internet and wireless surveillance by the government, see also this recent article by Trey Popp.
GSA Issues Request for Information to Provide Data Mining Application With Expansive Scope
“The intent of this RFI is, consistent with the direction in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) of 2004, to provide Electronic Directory Services (EDS), or the functional equivalent, to enable authorized participants to locate and access information, organizations, services and personnel in support of their respective mission requirements for terrorism information…An initial …
Rental Cars, GPS Tracking and Your Privacy
Tracking Every Move You Make: Can Car Rental Companies Use Technology to Monitor Our Driving? A Connecticut Court’s Ruling Highlights an Important Question, by Anita Ramastry. From the beSpacific archives, Auto GPS Systems Raise Privacy Issues
State of Spyware Report
Webroot Software released their State of Spyware Report today (free but requires registration), which states in part that “…the number of websites distributing spyware has quadrupled since the beginning of 2005 to an astonishing 300,000 unique URLs.” [press release] In addition, 80% of corporate computers are infected with malicious software, which can take the form …
Risk Assessment Survey Indicates Data Breaches Involving Personal Info Are Routine
From the Reconnex August Insider Threat Index: “Ninety-one percent of companies who completed a Reconnex 48-Hour e-Risk Assessment in the month of July had credit card numbers entering or leaving their network and eight-two percent exposed social security numbers. Most concerning was the amount of personal data including name and SSNs exposed directly in the …
Consumers Seek Stronger Security Measures For E-Commerce Transactions
Press release from RSA Security: “A survey released [yesterday]…showed that despite widespread fears of fraudulent activity and identity theft consumers are willing to increase the amount of personal business they do online if their banks and other online service providers offer them strong authentication.”
