Online Job Seekers and Privacy Issues
World Privacy Forum, 2003 Job Search Privacy Study (81 pages, pdf) – Job Searching in the Networked Environment: Consumer Privacy Benchmarks
Category «Privacy»
Do Not Call Registry Complaints Top 50,000
From the FTC: “As of 8:00 a.m., November 3, 2003, consumers registered with the Do Not Call Registry filed more than 51,000 complaints against telemarketers who continue to call them. More than 33,000 telemarketing organizations have accessed the Registry, with over 650 downloading all of the area codes in the Registry.
Compliance With New EU Data Privacy Rules Begins Today
“As from today EU Member States must comply with the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications, which sets EU standards for the protection of privacy and personal data in electronic communications. The Directive includes basic obligations to ensure the security and confidentiality of communications over EU electronic networks, including internet and mobile services. It sets …
UK Database of Personal Data Expands to Collect More Info
The UK Office of National Statistics plans to expand their collection of personal data on citizens for a new electronic dossier that will include information on births, deaths and marriages. [Link] See also this response from the Foundation for Information Policy Research on the proposed database.
Issue Brief on MATRIX and State Data Mining
ACLU’s Feature on MATRIX, the multi-state data mining program. The MATRIX: Total Information Awareness Reloaded – Data Mining Moves Into the States. Defunct Big Brother Spying Program Resurfaces as “Little Brother” in Seven States See my previous postings on MATRIX here and here.
USPS Changes Course on Identifying Senders of Mail
According to an article in today’s Washington Times: “The U.S. Postal Service is withdrawing a notice in the Federal Register because its wording suggests that a plan to identify senders of bulk mail is the first step to identifying the senders of all mail.” Statement of Vice President, Pricing and Classification, Stephen M. Kearney See …
New Center to Assist Victims of ID Theft
The Financial Services Roundtable, with 100 financial services member companies, announced plans to launch a free Identity Theft Assistance Center, with a pilot program available by Spring 2004.
Growing Number of Organizations Press for WHOIS Database Privacy
CircleID reports that a letter to ICANN, seeking increased privacy for the wealth of personal data available in the WHOIS database, has been signed by a coalition of 50 organizations, including the American Library Association (ALA). The ICANN Meeting is currently underway in Carthage, Tunisia through October 31, and a link to the agenda is …
Growing Influence of Librarians in Debate on Patriot Act
From Page One of today’s WSJ, an article titled, Patriot Act Riles An Unlikely Group: Nation’s Librarians– [subtitled] Fears About Terrorism Clash With Principles of Privacy As Online Searches Surge: “The Patriot Act has generated protests from the left and the right since it passed, almost unanimously, six weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. …
Privacy Trust Survey Shows Public Has Concerns
Today the WSJ reported on a the results of privacy study conducted last month by the Ponemon Institute, an organization “dedicated to advancing ethical information and privacy management practices in business and government.” There is no link available to the text of the study. However the article states that its author, Larry Ponemon, “a pioneer …
Clash of Financial Privacy Laws
California’s pioneering Financial Information Privacy Act SB 1, signed by Gov. Gray Davis on August 27, is in serious jeopardy of being preempted by amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Congress Is Close to Eliminating a Privacy Law Privacy bill may curtail safeguards in state law
USPS Wants to Institute Intelligent Mail
Post Office Wants to ID the Mail: “A small change in labeling requirements for bulk mailings announced Oct. 21 requires bulk mailers to identify themselves on the outside of the envelope with a valid address. This marks the first step in the Postal Service’s desire to create “intelligent mail.” See Embracing the Future: Making the …
