The Obama administration is proposing to scale back a long-standing ban on tracking how people use government Internet sites with “cookies” and other technologies, raising alarms among privacy groups. A two-week public comment period ended Monday on a proposal by the White House Office of Management and Budget to end a ban on federal Internet…
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ACLU: Govt cookies proposal threatens privacy
The American Civil Liberties Union submitted comments today to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) opposing its recent proposal to reverse current federal policy and allow the use of web tracking technologies, like cookies, on federal government websites. Cookies can be used to track an Internet user’s every click and are often linked across…
Security worries over ContactPoint database
ContactPoint, the children’s database containing details on 11 million children in the UK, needs tighter security experts have said. Holding the details of all children creates a “security headache”, according to security provider Overtis solutions. The company said the government should only hold the details of children who have been involved with social services. The…
OPC: Accusearch violates Canadian privacy law
When the 10th Circuit upheld a ruling against U.S.-based Accusearch over the sale of telephone records on its Abika.com web site (discussed here), that was not its only problem. On July 31, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ruled that Accusearch also violates key provisions of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents…