Wi-Fi Networks Generally Lacking Security Features
Growth of Wireless Internet Opens New Path for Thieves
Category «Privacy»
UK High Tech Crime Unit Prevents Attempted $400 Million Bank Hack Attack
Keyloggers Foiled In Attempted $423 Million Bank Heist Related reference: keystroke logger
FOI Requests At All Time High
AP reported today that “Americans made more than 4 million requests to the federal government under the Freedom of Information Act in 2004, a new high for requests in a single year.” Related references from EPIC: Freedom of Information Act Gallery “highlights some of the most significant documents we obtained this year.” “…EPIC FOIA Notes, …
Westlaw Announces Restricted Access to Personal Data
Press release today:Westlaw Ends SSN Sales to Private Companies, Greatly Limits Sale to Law Enforcement, Other Public Agencies: “After meeting with top executives last night, Sen. Charles Schumer (NY) announced today that Westlaw would be taking major steps to close large loopholes in its data search systems which previously allowed access to millions of Social …
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Internal Blogs: So, Are They Different From External Blogs? by Dennis Hamilton Notes from the Technology Trenches: Advisen: A Unique Approach to Business Background Information, by Cindy Carlson The Government Domain: GovTrack.us: Under Development, by Peggy Garvin Software Rundown: Adobe Acrobat 7.0; ZoneAlarm Security Suite 5.5; Diskeeper 9 and Norton SystemWorks 2005, by Brett Burney …
LexisNexis Launches Privacy Facts Website
“LexisNexis has created a Web site with helpful information regarding data privacy at http://privacyfacts.lexisnexis.com.” Related news: Kurt Sanford, President and CEO of LexisNexis Corporate and Federal Markets stated during his testimony today to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Committee that: “LexisNexis plans to further restrict access to such sensitive information as …
House Hearing on Protecting Consumer’s Data
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection hearing today on Protecting Consumer’s Data: Policy Issues Raised by Choice Point. Prepared Testimony (PDF) is available from the following: Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Kurt P. Sanford , President and CEO, U.S. Corporate and Federal Government Markets, LexisNexis; Derek Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, …
Digitizing Health Records One Person At A Time
This Washington Post (reg. req’d) article reviews how individuals are using fee-based services that digitize their personal medical records as a way to manage uniform access to them in the event of medical emergencies and to facilitate the process of diagnostic evaluations. This may forecast a near term future of non-standard applications that fill the …
FTC Takes Action Against Company Making Deceptive Claims About Antispyware Program
FTC Bars Bogus Anti-Spyware Claims “An operation that offered consumers free spyware detection scans that “detected” spyware even if there was not any, to market anti-spyware software that does not work has been barred from making deceptive claims by a U. S. District court at the request of the FTC. The FTC will seek a …
ID Theft Scams Provoke Deeper Investigation of Data Collection Services and Targeted Consequences
Two articles worth reading from The Los Angeles Times (reg. req’d): from today’s paper, this one examines the remarkably straighforward, low-tech tools (including fax machines and Wite-out) and methods that have been successfully used to carry out ID theft scams. and from yesterday’s edition, Did ChoicePoint End Run Backfire? The data-collecting company has managed to …
Proposal to Better Regulate Information Privacy
A Model Regime of Privacy Protection, by Daniel J. Solove, George Washington University Law School, and Chris Jay Hoofnagle, EPIC, March 10, 2005 (14 pages, PDF). “Privacy protection in the United States has often been criticized, but critics have too infrequently suggested proposals for reform. Recently, there has been significant legislative interest at both the …
FTC Testimony on Data Security and Identity Theft
“The Federal Trade Commission testified…before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs about the reach of existing federal laws that require certain information providers to safeguard sensitive information and to ensure that the information doesnt fall into the wrong hands. The Senate Banking Committee is examining recent developments involving the security of …
