A flurry of activity in Congress next week on privacy-related issues. In chronological order: Senate Judiciary Committee Full Committee hearing, “The Electronic Communications Privacy Act: Promoting Security and Protecting Privacy in the Digital Age” DATE: September 22, 2010 TIME: 10:00 AM ROOM: Dirksen-226 WEBCAST The Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance Subcommittee of the Senate…
Category: Breaches
ACT MP/ID thief David Garrett resigns from ACT — but what happens next?
A PogoWasRight.org commentary: ACT MP David Garrett resigned from ACT last night. His resignation followed revelations that he had stolen a dead baby’s identity to get a passport “as a prank” in 1984 and that he had a previously unknown arrest in 2002 in another matter that was discharged without conviction in 2005. In a…
If Future Employees Compromise Privacy, Don’t Expect Google To Tell The World
Danny Sullivan writes: Earlier this week, news broke that a Google employee had been fired in July for accessing the private information of a few individuals without permission, in violation of Google’s policies. Isn’t that something Google should be reporting itself, I wondered? It makes sense to me, but don’t expect Google to do so. Read…
Why the snooping ex Google engineer is in trouble
Tamlin Magee of TechEYE.net has compiled a number of state and federal laws that Magee thinks might apply to the Google employee who engaged in privacy-invasive (at the best) or illegal (at the worst) conduct. The article discusses how each of these statutes might apply to the situation: The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”)…