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Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office, Report to the Public on Surrounding the jetBlue Data Transfer, Findings and Recommendations, February 20, 2004: “Findings…(1) No Privacy Act Violation by TSA employees occurred connection with this incident….(5) The TSA employees involved acted without appropriate regard for individual privacy rights or the spirit of the Privacy Act of …
AP reports that applications developed to collect, store and mine personal information on U.S. citizens, thought to have been discontinued with the termination of funding for the Total information Awareness program, have continued under the jurisdiction of other agencies.
Press release: Senator Feinstein Calls on CEOs to Protect Privacy of Documents Outsourced Abroad: “As policymakers consider the impact of American jobs being sent overseas, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) reminded CEOs of several major U.S. corporations of another danger brought on by the outsourcing of work abroad the increased potential for identity theft.” …
FTC press release: UMG Recordings, Inc. to Pay $400,000, Bonzi Software, Inc. To Pay $75,000 to Settle COPPA Civil Penalty Charges. United States of America v. Bonzi Software, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, defendant., United States District Court for the Central District of California Western Division, Civil No. CV-04-1048 RJK (Ex) United States of America v. …
Press release, February 13, 2004, from Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D-CT) …”called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to explain its role in obtaining sensitive airline passenger information from JetBlue for a Defense Department database project”: “In a letter sent today to Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary …
FTC press release, Appeals Court Upholds Constitutionality of National Do Not Call Registry: The text of the decision (pdf, 50 pages). The Harris Poll® #10, February 13, 2004, Do Not Call Registry Is Working Well National Do Not Call Registry See also this FCC press release from today, FCC Logs in Nearly 10,000 Complaints Since …
The recent release of a GAO report critical of the airline passenger screening program to be implemented this summer has intensified calls for Congressional hearings on the privacy and civil liberties issues associated with CAPPS II data collection. EFF Privacy Coalition Presses Congress for Hearings on Air Travel EFF Coalition letter asking for Congressional hearings …
Another article from PC Magazine, Spy Stoppers, details how easily spyware programs can infiltrate your PC, and the tremendous challenge they pose to disable. According to one anti-spyware company, Webroot Software, whose product Spy Sweeper 2.2 is ranked best in a survey accompanying this article, “80 percent of PCs are infected.”
The Privacy Trust Survey recently conducted on behalf of the CIO Institute indicates: “that the majority of Americans surveyed 83 percent — consider privacy a matter that is important or very important to them. However, many respondents indicated they have a high level of uncertainty about the government agencies that collect and use that …
Airport Security: Challenges to Airport Passenger and Baggage Screening, by Cathleen A. Berrick, director, homeland security and justice, before the Subcommittee on Aviation, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. GAO-04-440T, February 12. Highlights From the Highlights: “TSA has not completely addressed seven of the eight issues identified by the Congress as key areas of interest …
Assembly Bill 459, “an Act to repeal and recreate 409.521 of the statutes; relating to: inclusion of social security numbers and employer identification numbers in Uniform Commercial Code financing statements,” was by Governor Jim Doyle on February 6. From the press release: “When residents borrow money and secure the loan with personal property, the lender …
“Citing the model of the Privacy Officer established by statute in the Department of Homeland Security, CDT is urging Congress to create similar positions at other federal agencies as a means of addressing privacy concerns associated with government information practices in the digital age.” See the Statement of James X. Dempsey, Executive Director, Center for …
