A group of the nation’s largest media and marketing trade associations today released self-regulatory principles to protect consumer privacy in ad-supported interactive media that will require advertisers and Web sites to clearly inform consumers about data collection practices and enable them to exercise control over that information. This unprecedented collaboration represents the entire marketing-media industry…
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Lawsuit against Jefferson County Public Schools
On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court limited the use of strip searches in the public schools, two young women filed an action in Jefferson County Court against a local middle school and several of its employees for using “grossly intrusive” methods to discover an alleged cache of marijuana. They were allegedly forced…
MySpace not liable for sexual assaults
MySpace is immune from liability in cases of sexual assaults stemming from people meeting through the site pursuant to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the 2nd District Court of Appeals in California ruled on June 30. Four teenage girls and their parents had sued MySpace after the girls were sexually assaulted by men…
DHS white paper on info sharing, access agreements
On May 14, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee approved a final white paper on information sharing and access agreements (pdf). From the Recommendations section: I. Oversight The Secretary direct all components to utilize ISAAs [Information Sharing and Access Agreements] when sharing personal information between DHS and other Federal…