US Court Report on Wiretaps
From the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 2003 Wiretap Report (For the Period January 1 Through December 31, 2003) [EPIC]
Category «Privacy»
Congressional Hearing on Spyware
Spyware: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, Hearing by the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, April 29, 2004 [Link to Witness List & Prepared Testimony, Related Documents and Bills.] See also Congress Eager to Ban Spyware and related postings on the subject.
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New Regs on Privacy of Medical Records and Financial Transactions
Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (2003) implementation; fair credit reporting medical information regulations: notice of proposed rulemaking, April 28, 2004: “The OCC, Board, FDIC, OTS, and NCUA…are required to prescribe regulations that permit creditors to obtain or use medical information for eligibility purposes where necessary and appropriate to protect legitimate operational, transactional, risk, consumer, …
Survey Indicates Widespread Rate of Spyware Infection At Office
From Websense’s fifth annual Web@Work survey, April 26: “92 Percent of Organizations with at Least 100 Employees Have Been Contaminated With Spyware, Yet Only Six Percent of Employees Believe They Have Been Infected.” In related news, see A Web of Electronic Denial
University Consortium Sponsors Global Project on Web Filtering and Surveillance
“The OpenNet Initiative is a University-based policy research project documenting filtering and surveillance practices worldwide. Our aim is to excavate, expose and analyze these practices in a credible and non-partisan fashion to uncover the potential pitfalls of present policies to explore the possibility of unintended and unexpected consequences and thus to help inform better public …
New UK Study Challenges Link Between National ID Cards and Security
From Privacy International, the following resources: Press release, dated April 26, 2004, with a response to the “government’s draft Bill on identity cards.” A link to the draft bill (pdf, 120 pages): Legislation on Identity Cards, A Consultation Privacy International’s new report, Mistaken Identity: Exploring the Relationship Between National Identity Cards & the Prevention of …
Review of Online Mortgage Websites
Consumer Reports has published a review of six national mortgage loan websites that includes caveats about privacy issues and evaluations of respective service levels and value as compared to local bank rates.
Gov’t Websites Slow to Comply With Privacy Policies
The E-Government Act of 2002 includes the provision that all federal agency websites must post privacy policies in “standardized machine-readable format.” However, a recent survey indicates that less than 15% of the 137 federal websites are in compliance.
U. Maryland Launches New Site on Info Policy Issues
“The Center for Information Policy (CIP), University of Maryland, is a multidisciplinary research center that analyzes and provides solutions to current policy issues relating to the convergence of information and technology…Privacy, intellectual property and information security are just a few of the areas where CIP offers independent, unbiased quality analysis, advice and proposals for action.”
Information Rights Week
From the Canadian Library Association, an announcement that this is Information Rights Week, whose theme this year is “You Have the Right to Remain Private.” Also provided are links to resource materials on privacy rights and legislation. [Barbara Fullerton]
California Legislation to Protect Content of Email Messages
An update to my April 13 posting, CA Senator Plans Bill on Gmail and Privacy, as follows: April 21, Senator Liz Figueroa Introduces Bill to Stop Google from Secretly “Oogling” Private E-Mails, and a link to SB 1822, which contains her amendments relevant to this issue.
