The Federal Trade Commission today announced it is seeking public comments on whether and how to strengthen the Caller ID provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule. By requiring telemarketers to provide Caller ID information, the Rule allows consumers to screen out unwanted calls. The FTC seeks comments on how to make Caller ID more useful…
Category: Laws
Review of FTC’s Proposed Privacy Framework – Part 1
Richard L. Santalesa writes: Last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its anticipated 122-page staff report on Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers (the “Report”), which we covered in brief here immediately following its release. In this part of our review, and in following parts, we…
Three Policy Interventions for Reducing Privacy Harms
Sasha Romanosky writes: There are many policy interventions that legislators can impose to reduce harms caused by one party to another. Two that are very often compared are safety regulations (mandated standards) and liability. They lend themselves well to comparison because they’re generally employed on either side of some harmful event (e.g. data breach or…
NZ: Security service to get greater power
Kate Chapman reports: Legislation covering the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) will be updated to allow for electronic tracking and computer surveillance in time for the Rugby World Cup next year. The original New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Act is more than 40 years old and long overdue for an update, Prime Minister John Key said….