Daniel R. Stoller reports: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released an updated set of draft rules for how companies must follow the state’s landmark privacy law. Becerra (D) modified the draft rules he unveiled last October by adding new examples of how companies can give notice to consumers about data collection. The update also contains new examples…
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Your Poorly Secured Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care
I didn’t even know I had/have a medical credit score. Do I? Do you? Joe Cadillic sends along this eye-opener of a report by Keith Axline: Private hospitals are now consulting a secret medical credit score from Experian before you even see a doctor. As a patient you do not have access to this score,…
How To Protect Your Phone Number On Twitter
Gennie Gebhart of EFF has a how-to protect your phone number in the wake of a breach that Twitter revealed this past week: The bad news is that Twitter has disclosed a failure to protect users’ phone numbers, again. The good news is that Twitter users can take steps to protect themselves. Earlier this week, Twitter announced it had…
Privacy Commissioner of Canada files Notice of Application with the Federal Court against Facebook, Inc
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has filed a Notice of Application in the Federal Court seeking a declaration that Facebook has contravened Canada’s federal private sector privacy law. The application follows a joint investigation last year by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British…