Bill Lucia reports: Prompted by concerns over how city departments collect and use data, Mayor Ed Murray and two members of the Seattle City Council unveiled a new privacy initiative on Monday morning. City departments handle a wide range of data, including credit card information, library records and video footage. Under the new initiative, a team…
Category: Govt
Should the FTC Be Regulating Privacy and Data Security?
Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog write: This past Tuesday the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against AT&T for allegedly throttling the Internet of its customers even though they paid for unlimited data plans. This complaint was surprising for many, who thought the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was the agency that handled such telecommunications issues. Is…
Does the FCC Have FTC Envy?
Jedidiah Bracy writes: It’s been a busy week for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). On Monday, the FCC announced its largest enforcement action to date by hitting TerraCom and its affiliate YourTel America with a $10 million fine for poor data security practices. That’s not chump change. Plus, the previous “largest enforcement action” for the agency only…
People trust NSA more than Google, survey says
Chris Matyszczyk reports: People don’t always say what they think. Especially in business and love. Please, therefore, consider this question: whom would you trust more with your private data: the NSA, a company like Google, or your mom? I ask because I’m looking at the results of a survey, conducted between October 9 and12, that asked…