Jeffrey Roman reports: One way of improving consumer data privacy and security online is to encourage layered privacy notices, says privacy lawyer Alan Friel. Friel, a partner in the law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer, spoke with Information Security Media Group about the Federal Trade Commission’s privacy framework and its implications for organizations seeking to…
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Facebook Fleshes Out Privacy Policy To Comply With Data Protection Audits, Will Hold Q&A On Monday
John Constine reports: Today Facebook will start sending the first of three billion notices to users about proposed changes to its privacy policy, which were made to comply with a Spring deadline for implementing recommendations from an audit by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner. The three biggest changes Facebook’s Chief Privacy Officer for Policy Erin Egan told me about…
Incremental Opt-In: The End of the Privacy Problem
Jim Sterne writes that marketers can avoid a lot of problems by enticing consumers to turn over data voluntarily in incremental steps: Simply put, it is up to you to convince people to hand over the keys to their personal data set. No one expects you to convince everybody to hand over all of their data. At…
IKEA Must Defend Itself in Consumer Class Action
Yet more bad press for IKEA in the privacy department, it seems. Maria Dinzeo reports: A class can proceed with a lawsuit accusing Ikea of requesting and storing customers’ zip codes when making credit card purchases. Rita Medellin sued Ikea in February 2011 for violation of the Song-Beverly Credit Card Act after an Ikea cashier…