U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy introduced legislation that seeks to enhance protections for consumers’ personal information, citing recent data breaches at Sony Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. The bill would establish a national standard for companies to notify customers when their personal data has been exposed, according to a news release today from Leahy, a Vermont…
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Senator Leahy introduces Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011
Senator Leahy has introduced the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2011. I haven’t had time to read it yet, but just skimming it, I some good provisions in there, but I also see two immediate concerns: 1. It appears to apply only to electronic data (not paper records), and 2. The definition of…
SC: Cellphone privacy violations alleged: Local attorney among first to bring class-action lawsuit
Allyson Bird reports on yet another lawsuit stemming from a Wall Street Journal article: Google’s Android smartphones might know more about the people who use them than their friends and family. Not only do the cell phones and their applications track customers’ physical locations, but they store and transmit everything from sexual orientation to income,…
American Express’s call centers put customer data at risk of warrantless search and seizure – complaint
Seen at Courthouse News: A federal class action claims that American Express routes customers’ calls to foreign call centers without their permission or knowledge, subjecting them to intrusive, warrantless snooping by the U.S. government. The case is Pickman v. American Express Travel Services and was filed in Superior Court of California in Alameda on June…