Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a petition by Sears Holding Management requesting that the FTC reopen and modify a 2009 FTC order settling charges that Sears failed to disclose adequately the scope of consumers’ personal information it collected via a downloadable software app. According to the administrative complaint leading to…
Category: Govt
The Feds Can Now (Probably) Unlock Every iPhone Model In Existence
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: In what appears to be a major breakthrough for law enforcement, and a possible privacy problem for Apple customers, a major U.S. government contractor claims to have found a way to unlock pretty much every iPhone on the market. Cellebrite, a Petah Tikva, Israel-based vendor that’s become the U.S. government’s company of choice when it comes…
In Congressional Testimony, EPIC to Call For Comprehensive Privacy Law, New Privacy Agency
From EPIC.org: EPIC President Marc Rotenberg will testify before the House Financial Services Committee this week. Rotenberg will say that “Data breaches pose enormous challenges to the security of American families, as well as our country’s national security.” EPIC will call for comprehensive data protection legislation and the creation of a federal data protection agency….
Parents Sue Michigan Over Database of Baby Blood Samples
Here we go again – states collecting newborn babies’ blood samples – for good purposes – but then hanging on to the samples, or even selling the samples to third parties. I’ve covered cases like that in Minnesota, Texas, Indiana, and California. And now Courthouse News reports a case in Michigan: But on Thursday, four…