Senator Russ Feingold questioned Attorney General Eric Holder about NSA and warrantless domestic surveillance earlier this week. Holder didn’t exactly give a straight answer: FEINGOLD: In a speech to the American Constitutional Society in June 2008, you, sir, set the following. “I never thought that I would see the day when a president would act…
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Collecting IP Addresses Illegal in Sweden
The Swedish Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that collecting and storing IP addresses is in violation of the Personal Data Act. But as some celebrate this ruling as the death of the notorious IPRED anti-piracy legislation, the truth is a little more sobering. […] On his blog, Swedish Pirate Party’s Rick Falkvinge writes that a…
GAO: Identity Theft: Governments Have Acted to Protect Personally Identifiable Information, but Vulnerabilities Remain
Summary from the GAO report: The loss of personally identifiable information, such as an individual’s Social Security number, name, and date of birth can result in serious harm, including identity theft. Identity theft is a serious crime that impacts millions of individuals each year. Identity theft occurs when such information is used without authorization to…
Heartland Gets Religion on Security
Heartland Payment Systems CEO Bob Carr is an unlikely spokesman for tech security. But that’s what he’s emerging as. The credit-card processor suffered one of the largest data breaches ever disclosed last year. But rather than taking the time-honored approach of staying quiet and hoping that the negative publicity goes away, Carr is talking openly…