As reported here, ChoicePoint, Inc., one of the nation’s largest data brokers, has agreed to strengthened data security requirements to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company failed to implement a comprehensive information security program protecting consumers’ sensitive information, as required by a previous court order. As a result of the security failure, there…
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When 2+2 Equals a Privacy Question
Natasha Singer writes: Time to revisit the always compelling — and often disconcerting — debate over digital privacy. So, what might your movie picks and your medical records have in common? How about a potentially false sense of control over who can see your user history? While Netflix and some health care concerns say they…
Govt continues to delay release of telecom lobbying documents
Richard Esguerra of EFF updates us as to developments over the past 48 hours: This evening (October 15), the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice filed yet another emergency motion with the Ninth Circuit, asking for a stay of the deadline to release telecom immunity lobbying documents, less than 24 hours before…
Behavioural advertising and customised pricing face OFT scrutiny
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will investigate whether behavioural advertising and individually-targeted prices on the internet violate the rights of UK consumers’. The Government body announced two investigations today which will probe whether online retailers’ use of tracking and targeting technology and advertising are unfair on consumers. “[An investigation] into online targeting of advertising…