Cecilia Kang reports: Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on Monday was named chairman of a new Judiciary subcommittee for Privacy, Technology and the Law. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Ok.) will serve as ranking member, according to a release by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Read more in the Washington Post.
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Dept. Homeland Security: Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information at DHS
Handbook for Safeguarding Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information at DHS Updated 1-19-2011 The Handbook provides step-by-step guidance on how to identify and protect Sensitive PII: In the office or an alternate worksite On a portable device, such as blackberry or laptop When sent by email, fax, or other electronic transfer When sent by mail: external, overseas…
The Commerce Department’s Latest Privacy Initiative on Data Privacy Day
Today is Data Privacy Day, an annual international celebration to raise awareness and generate discussion about information privacy designated by both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in 2009. In honor of Data Privacy Day, here’s an update on the latest Commerce Department initiative to protect the privacy of the American people. On…
FTC: Investigating Google Street View is a “waste of summer”
From EPIC.org: In documents obtained by EPIC through a Freedom of Information Act request, a senior attorney with the Federal Trade Commission describes the Google WiFi investigation as a “wasted summer” and hopes that a Hill briefing on Google WiFi “won’t be too much of a time suck.” EPIC sought these documents after the FTC dropped its investigation…