Jim Harper writes: When Senator William Proxmire (D-WI) proposed and passed the Fair Credit Reporting Act forty years ago, he almost certainly believed that the law would fix the problems he cited in introducing it. It hasn’t. The bulk of the difficulties he saw in credit reporting still exist today, at least to hear consumer…
Category: Laws
Outsourcing to India: Privacy Law Clarified
Peter Brown writes: India’s $41 billion dollar outsourcing industry and its clients can breathe a sigh of relief; the Indian Government has issued an official clarification concerning their new broad privacy regulations. […] In response to industry concerns, the Indian Government has since clarified their recently adopted privacy regulations. India issued an official clarification recently,…
House Approves VPPA Amendment
Libbie Canter reports: Earlier today, the House of Representatives approved an amendment to the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) (H.R. 2471) that would clarify certain ambiguities in the 1988 law in light of technological changes in the marketplace. In his remarks on the House floor, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) – the primary author of H.R….
Europe to crack down on privacy breaches with steep fines
Joseph Parish reports: The European Commission is finalizing privacy protection rules where companies could be fined up to five percent of their global sales for mishandling the data of customers, suppliers, or employees. Because the law would apply to foreign companies with branches in Europe, it gives the EU significant power to regulate privacy worldwide….