Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that HTC America Inc. failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software it developed for its smartphones and tablet computers, introducing security flaws that placed sensitive information about millions of consumers at risk. The settlement with HTC America, announced by the…
Category: Govt
Judicial Watch Obtains Records Detailing Obama Administration’s Warrantless Collection of Citizens’ Personal Financial Data
I missed this one last week: Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained records from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) revealing that the agency has spent millions of dollars for the warrantless collection and analysis of Americans’ financial transactions. The documents also reveal that CFPB contractors may be required to share the information with “additional government…
How the NSA Targets Germany and Europe
Der Spiegel has now provided an English translation of its recent blockbuster story that has Europe screaming. You can read it here. Here’s a snippet from their discussion of the “Boundless Informant” program: An NSA table (see graphic), published for the first time here by SPIEGEL, documents the massive amount of information captured from the…
The most important person entering US government you’ve never heard of
Josh Meyer reports: The first week on the job for Nicole Wong, dubbed by many as the US’s first chief privacy officer, has been fairly, well, private. The White House has named Wong, 44, a former top lawyer for Google and Twitter, as the new deputy US chief technology officer in the Office of Science and Technology Policy….