Michael Cooney reports: Most days it seems like keeping and protecting any sort of data private is a pipe dream. There are a variety of research efforts underway to keep private data private but it may be too little to0 late, some experts say. Despite that notion the researchers at DARPA next month will go over…
Category: Govt
White House Privacy Bill: A Deeper Dive
Libbie Canter writes: As we reported earlier today, the long-awaited White House draft of privacy and data security legislation has been released. While the United States does not today have a comprehensive privacy and data security law, the proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights would impose a suite of substantive privacy and data security obligations across sectors and…
How I requested my photographs from the Department of Homeland Security
Privacy and security researcher Runa A. Sandvik writes: I have my photograph taken and my fingerprints scanned every time I enter the United States. So do all other foreign nationals. The information is collected under the US-VISIT program. Information such as name, date of birth, gender, and travel document data is recorded as well. In response…
Tell the FTC: Craig Brittain Should Not Get a Slap on the Wrist for his Revenge Porn Site
Adam Steinbaugh, who has been all over this case from the get-go, writes: Last month, the FTC announced it intends to enter into a consent agreement with Craig Brittain, the operator of revenge porn site “Is Anybody Down?” Brittain pretended to be a woman on Craigslist to deceive women into sending him nude photos, mocked their pleas to remove the photos, then concocted an ‘independent’…