In testimony before Congress today, the Federal Trade Commission outlined its work to protect consumers in the growing area of health information technology. Testifying on behalf of the Commission, Jessica Rich, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, highlighted the FTC’s efforts to protect the privacy and data security of consumer health information, particularly in…
Category: Govt
The Empty “Lavabit” Threat
Scott Greenfield writes: Near as I can tell, the first person to pick up on footnote 9 in the government’s response to Apple was Marcy Wheeler at Empty Wheel. DOJ has submitted its response to Apple in the Syed Farook case. Amid invocations of a bunch of ominous precedents — including Dick Cheney’s successful effort to hide his energy task…
Paris bombings suspect Salah Abdeslam to sue prosecutor for breach of privacy
How did we not see this coming? The lawyer defending the prime surviving suspect for the November 13 Paris attacks says he will sue a French prosecutor for divulging Salah Abdeslam’s private admission that he planned to blow himself up with fellow Islamic State militants. Speaking two days after Abdeslam was captured during a police…
Gov’t accidentally publishes target of Lavabit probe: It’s Snowden
Joe Mullen reports that thanks to a government redaction error, we now have confirmation that the government’s secret order involving real-time monitoring by LavaBit was for Edward Snowden’s information. LavaBit shuttered its business rather than comply with the order. Read more on Ars Technica. The error was first spotted by Cryptome, and reported on by…