The Federal Trade Commission today told the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) imposes requirements on Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRAs) – which include the three major credit bureaus – and on employers that use the information “to ensure that sensitive consumer report information is used with fairness, impartiality, and respect…
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Ca: Local MADD chapter joins push for random breath testing
Pat Healey reports: Police may be able to stop drivers for random breath testing if Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is successful in its latest campaign. MADD Canada is pushing the federal government to pass legislation that will allow officers to stop and ask anyone for a breath sample. The past president of MADD Canada…
FTC To Recommend Self-Regulation, Not New Laws Says Commission Member
Wendy Davis reports that online ad companies may have escaped government regulation for now: The Federal Trade Commission’s upcoming report about behavioral advertising will include suggestions for how online ad companies can better protect consumers’ privacy, but won’t recommend that Congress enact new laws, commission member Julie Brill said on Tuesday. “The Commission isn’t calling…
Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor
The Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the Communication from the Commission on the global approach to transfers of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to third countries has been released. I look forward to reading analyses of the opinion. Here are some its statements: 17. As developed below, the EDPS considers that the bulk…