Seen on Cryptome.org: DoJ and DHS — which should know better but may pretend innocence — use govdelivery.com, probably others. We have complained to the service before without response. To see the tracking code look at the HTML code underlying the links. Clicking a link will produce a 404. This was discovered by use of…
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Markey, Barton Ask FTC to Chew on Supercookies Issue
John Eggerton reports: The co-chairs of the House Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus have asked the FTC to investigate the use of ‘supercookies’ to collect personal data and track web users’ movements. In a letter to the commission, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said they wanted to know what it has done, or plans…
Brits are not sure what personal information the gov’t holds about them
Carrie-Ann Skinner reports: The Equality and Human Rights Commission has slammed the way the government uses and stores personal data about UK citizens. In the Protecting Information Privacy report, the Commission called the existing system “deeply flawed” and revealed Brits are not really sure what information is held about them by the government and it…
NIST proposes new privacy controls for federal information systems and organizations
… The new document, Privacy Control Catalog, will become Appendix J of Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations (NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4). One of the foundational Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) documents, SP 800-53 is being updated to Revision 4 in December, 2011. SP 800-53 is also one of the…