As schools re-open, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a consumer alert for parents on how to protect your child’s information at school. I would encourage my readers who are parents to read their advice, but keep the following in mind: Although their advice sounds good, 20+ years of real-world experience suggests parents will get…
Category: Breaches
[Commentary] WikiLeaks: Shabby journalism is still journalism, isn’t it?
Back in my college days, if you had asked me whether I’d forever remember one particular art professor from my junior year, I would have laughed. But decades later, I still remember Mrs. Phillips. With her hair pulled back in a severe bun and her thousands of slides of famous paintings, her classes were the…
Ca: Thompson-Nicola Regional District apologizes for privacy breach in food fight
Cam Fortems reports: The TNRD has issued letters of apology to residents of a rural area near Lytton after it breached their privacy by releasing their letters to a corporation that wants to develop a waste composting facility. Lyle Huntley, corporate services director for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, confirmed it has sent letters of apology…
Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Child Identity Theft
From the FTC, this press release: The Federal Trade Commission today told the House Committee on Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Social Security that, “Protecting consumers – especially vulnerable consumers such as children – against identity theft and its consequences is a critical component of the Commission’s consumer protection mission.” Delivering the Commission’s testimony…