From EPIC.org: In response to a FOIA request from EPIC, the FTC has confirmed that there are over 25,000 complaints about Facebook pending with the Commission. In the eight (8) years since the FTC announced a consent order barring Facebook from making any misrepresentations about use privacy, the FTC has not taken a single enforcement…
Category: Govt
Panelists Offer Senators Small Business Perspectives on Federal Data Protection Laws
Panelists representing small businesses advocated for Federal uniformity and preempt over state data privacy laws and against data protection regulations that would disproportionately burden smaller companies at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection hearing today. Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., chairman of the subcommittee, and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.,…
New Privacy Impact Assessment from Homeland Security
DHS/CBP/PIA-058 Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) takes steps to ensure the safety of its facilities and personnel from natural disasters, threats of violence, and other harmful events and activities. In support of these efforts, designated CBP personnel monitor…
Smart talking: are our devices threatening our privacy?
James Vlahos reports: On 21 November 2015, James Bates had three friends over to watch the Arkansas Razorbacks play the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Bates, who lived in Bentonville, Arkansas, and his friends drank beer and did vodka shots as a tight football game unfolded. After the Razorbacks lost 51–50, one of the men went home;…