Song reports: Korea’s Ministry of Public Affairs and Security announced a new set of laws on Tuesday in a move to protect private information. According to the new law, set to go in effect in September, will require some 3-and-a-half million businesses and public institutions to publish their policy for processing private information and prohibit…
Category: Laws
Privacy: reidentification a growing risk
Melanie D.G. Kaplan interviewed Paul Ohm on the re-identification of supposed-to-be de-identified records. Here’s a snippet of the interview, which you can read in its entirety on SmartPlanet: Earlier this month the Commerce Department released a green paper that proposes a privacy bill of rights. What are your thoughts on this? I think it’s great…
States to FTC: Don’t pre-empt our privacy laws with yours
Robert Mullins reports: The attorneys general of 15 states are telling the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) “Don’t Tread on Me” when it comes to writing rules to protect consumer privacy rights online and in mobile software applications and services. These states have warned the FTC not to pre-empt state privacy rules as it develops a…
Illinois Identity Theft Statute Partially Invalidated–People v. Madrigal
Eric Goldman writes: People v. Madrigal, 2011 WL 1074427 (Ill. March 24, 2011) Many state anti-identity theft laws are written very broadly. This loose drafting creates the possibility that they unintentionally restrict innocent–and indeed socially desirable–activity. Today’s case is a good example of sloppy statutory drafting. Fortunately, a vigilant Illinois Supreme Court fixed the legislative…