British Columbia’s Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has released a report on privacy breach management in government ministries. The report, An Examination of BC Government’s Privacy Breach Management, examines the degree to which government is fulfilling its duty to respond to, and properly manage, its privacy breaches. From the executive summary of the report: The examination revealed that…
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Mexico says may sanction Google over data protection breach
Et tu, Mexico? Reuters reports: Mexico’s federal transparency body said it had initiated proceedings to impose sanctions on the Mexican unit of Google Inc for possible breach of the country’s data protection law. The Federal Institute for Information Access and Data Protection (IFAI) said it had taken the step following a request from an unidentified…
Internet of Things: Privacy & Security in a Connected World
The FTC’s report (pdf), Internet of Things: Privacy & Security in a Connected World, summarizes the workshop it held on November 19, 2013 and provides staff’s recommendations in this area. Of note, also read the Separate Statement of Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen (pdf) and the Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Joshua D. Wright (pdf). Not for the first time, Commissioner Wright appears to…
Dish ‘Do Not Call’ flubs: Dish Network call you up? You and 57 million others
Linsey Bald reports: Dish Network violated the federal “Do Not Call” registry with an overwhelming mass of telemarketing outcalls – the satellite TV provider was found guilty of making over 57 million unsolicited calls to phone numbers that were registered with the Federal Trade Commission’s Telemarketing Sales Rule, known as the Do Not Call list. The…