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….
Category: Govt
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…
Online Talent Search Company Settles FTC Allegations it Collected Children’s Information without Consent and Misled Consumers
A web-based talent search company has agreed to pay $235,000 in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to obtain parental consent before collecting personal information from children, and that it misled consumers about the benefits of its premium paid services. The FTC’s complaint against Nevada-based Prime Sites, Inc. alleges that…
Ca: PNP whistleblowers say they won’t go quietly after privacy breach report
Michael Tutton reports: Two whistleblowers whose private information was leaked in brown envelopes from Prince Edward Island’s government to the Liberal Party say they won’t fade away without being compensated for the economic and emotional toll on their lives. A report released last month by the privacy commissioner — completed six years after the initial…