FutureWeb 2010 Conference, Raleigh, N.C Chair: Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Panelists: David Hoffman, Anne Klinefelter, Jolynn Dellinger, Annie I. Antón, Woodrow Hartzog. More information here.
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Federal Regulators Release Model Consumer Privacy Notice Online Form Builder
Eight federal regulators released an Online Form Builder today that financial institutions can download and use to develop and print customized versions of a model consumer privacy notice. The Online Form Builder, based on the model form regulation published in the Federal Register on December 1, 2009, under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, is available with several…
Senators Introduce Bill in Response to EFF’s Call for New Protections Against Secret Video Surveillance
Kevin Bankston writes: Wow, that was fast: little more than two weeks after EFF testified to a Senate subcommittee that federal electronic privacy law needs to be updated to protect against secret video surveillance just like it regulates electronic eavesdropping, Senator Arlen Specter has responded by introducing a bill to do just that. Specter, chairman…
News Sites Rethink Anonymous Online Comments
Richard Perez-Pena reports: From the start, Internet users have taken for granted that the territory was both a free-for-all and a digital disguise, allowing them to revel in their power to address the world while keeping their identities concealed. […] The Washington Post plans to revise its comments policy over the next several months, and…