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UK firm Iceberg Systems is beta testing a new technology, Safe Haven, that identifies the use of portable devices with imaging capabilities, and disables this feature within a specified area. Interest in this technology is driven by estimates that there will be 900 million such imaging devices in use worldwide within the next four years. …
H.R. 2622, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and consumer access to, credit information, and for other purposes, passed the House on September 10. Congressional Record, September 10, 2003: Fair and Accurate Credit …
The Washington Post published an edited version of the transcript from an online forum on CAPPS II and civil liberties, held today with Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Program.
Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress, Pursuant to the Do Not Call Implementation Act, on Regulatory Coordination in Federal Telemarketing Laws (September 2003). [Link] Text of the Commission Report Appendix A: The Federal Trade Commission’s Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose Appendix B: The Federal Communications Commission’s Amended Telephone Consumer Protection …
From MSN Money, two articles that address the conflicts inherent in current and proposed state and federal privacy legislation focused on the distribution of personal financial data. Congress ready to undo state privacy laws. See H.R. 2622, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The top 10 states for protecting privacy
Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II), to be implemented by the summer of 2004, is the focus of several recent articles and notices: From the Washington Post, Fliers to Be Rated for Risk Level – New System Will Scrutinize Each Passenger, Assign Color Code Opinion from the St. Petersburg Times, Fly the suspicious skies: …
A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 1 – Should you be scared of the Patriot Act? proclaims there are villans on both side of the fight over the extension of this act, as well as its proposed progeny, the Victory Act (as the Patriot Act II was quickly dispatched while still in draft). This …
SB 27, the “Shine the Light” privacy bill sponsored by California State Senator Liz Figueroa, would, as indicated in the most recently amended version (September 5): “…require a business that discloses a customer’s personal information, including information relating to income or purchases, to a 3rd party for direct marketing purposes to provide the customer, within …
Vanishing from the Net a difficult task: Phone numbers, addresses and directions to homes and offices, county real estate tax information, and lots more personal data, all available using search engines as well as free and fee-based public records sites.
From Salon.com, this commentary, Brave new skies, by Farhad Manjoo, provides context and perspective to the ongoing controversy engendered by the government’s computer-assisted passenger prescreening system (CAPPS II).
The Center for Democracy and Technology sent a letter on September 4 to Reps. Adam Smith and Howard Berman, House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, urging the implementation of privacy protections for personal information entered in the WhoIs domain name database. See also my posting from September 4 on the Hearing on …
EPIC and Privacy International today released their Privacy and Human Rights 2003 report. “This extensive survey examines the state of civil liberties around the world. Key topics include Total Information Awareness, the public response to the Patriot Act, biometric identification, and new technologies of surveillance.”
