From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed a Freedom of information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to force disclosure of the details of the agency’s social network monitoring program. In news reports and a Federal Register notice, the DHS has stated that it will routinely monitor the public postings of users on Twitter and Facebook. The agency…
Category: Govt
Obama fills vacancies on independent privacy board
Jim McElhatton reports: President Obama has named two lawyers and a former federal judge to an independent privacy board recommended by the 9/11 Commission that has sat dormant for years under he and President George W. Bush. The nominations Thursday fill out the five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, where vacancies have left the…
The National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2011
The FTC has released The National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2011 and it contains some interesting data. Consider this graphic, depicting the number of registrations per year and the number of consumer complaints per year: Inspection of the data indicates that: (1) the number of active registrations continues to rise each…
Facebook Settles FTC Charges That It Deceived Consumers By Failing To Keep Privacy Promises
From their press release: The social networking service Facebook has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public. The proposed settlement requires Facebook to take several steps to make sure it lives up to…