In yet another sign that the Federal Trade Commission is serious about examining online privacy, Christopher Soghoian said today that he’s accepted a job as technical consultant to the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Privacy and Identity Protection.Soghoian, currently with Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, is among the most influential researchers…
Category: Govt
FTC issues Health Breach Notification Rule
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) is issuing this final rule, as required by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the “Recovery Act” or “the Act”). The rule requires vendors of personal health records and related entities to notify consumers when the security of their individually identifiable health information has been breached….
White House disables e-tip box
Following a furor over how the data would be used, the White House has shut down an electronic tip box — [email protected] — that was set up to receive information on “fishy” claims about President Barack Obama’s health plan. E-mails to that address now bounce back with the message: “The e-mail address you just sent…
New UK Pirate Party “overwhelmed” by file sharing response
New political party the Pirate Party UK said today it has been overwhelmed by the response to its formation, as the public gets behind its pro-file sharing agenda. The organisation was registered as an official political party on 11 August by the Electoral Commission and has three core policies: the reform of copyright and patent…