The Seattle Times has an editorial that begins: Recently, some King County residents received a letter from the government reminding them they are required by law to register their pets. The letter was sent to a mailing list generated by a marketing company that gets its information from various sources, including grocery-store loyalty cards. Wait!…
Category: Govt
Who Oversees Data Brokers Selling Personal Info? No One
This will not be news to any regular readers, but worth noting that in 2016, this is still unaddressed. David Lazarus writes: You probably already know that you have precious little privacy, and that shadowy data brokers have built the buying and selling of people’s personal information into a multibillion-dollar industry. But did you know…
FCC Adopts Broadband Consumer Privacy Rules
From the FCC: WASHINGTON, October 27, 2016 – The Federal Communications Commission today adopted rules that require broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to protect the privacy of their customers. The rules ensure broadband customers have meaningful choice, greater transparency and strong security protections for their personal information collected by ISPs. The rules implement the privacy…
FCC Wades Back Into Data Privacy and Security for ISPs With Revised Privacy Proposal
Alan Friel and Suchismita Pahi of BakerHostetler write: Recently, Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Chairman Tom Wheeler circulated to the Commission a revised proposed order to regulate the data privacy and security practices of internet service providers (ISPs) (also known by the Commission as broadband internet access service (BIAS) providers). We previously wrote about…