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California’s pioneering anti-spam law, set to go into effect January 1, 2004 is the target of Congressional lobbying by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA). From a DMA press release dated October 21: “The DMA is working with numerous coalitions to pass a federal spam law that would set national standards and preempt state law, including …
Georgia takes a pass on anti-terror crime database: Georgia has joined five other states that have opted to suspend participation, due to privacy concerns, in the DOJ initiated MATRIX (Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange) project. According to a statement by Gov. Sonny Perdue, “The State of Georgia will not transfer any additional information to the company …
From National Geographic, an excerpt of this article, Watching You, The World of High-Tech Surveillance, from the November 2003 issue: “In our high-tech world, machines track personal records, see through walls, and screen facial features. Will electronic surveillance mean better security, or an end to privacy?”
According to today’s New York Times, Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter on October 16 to Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about the escalating privacy controversy concerning JetBlue Airways’ acknowledgement that the company shared millions of passenger data records with government contractor Torch Concepts, news of …
From the FTC press release: “Consumers registered with the National Do Not Call list have filed more than 15,000 complaints against telemarketers who continue to call them. The Do Not Call list, which opened to consumer registrations on June 27, 2003, currently contains 53.7 million telephone numbers. Telemarketers began accessing the Registry on September 2, …
On October 15, Idaho Senator Larry Craig was joined by colleagues from both sides of the aisle as co-sponsors to S.1709, the Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003 (SAFE Act), to amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to place reasonable limitations on the use of surveillance and the issuance of search warrants, and for other …
Federal Agencies’ Guidelines [proposed August 12, 2003, by the FDIC, OCC, Federal Reserve and OTS] regarding Notification by Financial Companies when a Security Breach Compromises Customer Data and Exposes Individuals to Identity Theft: comments submitted by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse on October 14.
Chris Jay Hoofnagle, EPIC Deputy Counsel, will present the following paper, Public Records and Privacy (pdf), to the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges 77th Annual Meeting on October 17. He examines the rights and responsibilities of data collectors and data subjects in the evolving system of online public records.
From the website of California State Assemblyman Joe Simitian: Assembly Bill 68 – Online Privacy Protection The Online Privacy and Disclosure Act of 2003 requires commercial Web site operators that collect personal information online from California residents to post a conspicuous privacy policy stating what information they collect and with whom they share the information. …
From EPIC.org: “In comments to the Department of the Treasury, EPIC and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group urged the agency to strengthen a proposed guidance on security notices to bank customers. The proposed guidelines specify when a financial institution must give notice to a customer when their personal information has been accessed without authorization.”
From the Wall Street Journal, October 10: “While the U.S. has opposed comprehensive regulations to protect citizens’ privacy, Europe has plowed ahead with the world’s toughest set of rules governing how companies and governments may deal with personal data, such as one’s age, marital status, buying patterns — even the information on a standard business …
From today’s New York Times, Snoop Software Gains Power and Raises Privacy Concerns.
