>From EPIC.org: EPIC has joined a coalition of civil society groups in support of the Washington Statement – a declaration in support of strong international standards for privacy protection. The Washington Statement was released in conjunction with the annual Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference held in Washington, DC. The conference brought together activists and representatives of government, civil society,…
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Reclaim Your Name – FTC Commissioner Julie Brill
Commissioner Julie Brill’s keynote speech at CFP yesterday is well worth reading. Here’s a small part of it where she addresses ideas apart from legislation: I would suggest we need a comprehensive initiative – one I am calling “Reclaim Your Name.” Reclaim Your Name would give consumers the knowledge and the technological tools to reassert…
EPIC Recommends Privacy Protections for Natural Disaster Survivors
From EPIC.org: In comments to the National Institutes of Health, an agency component of Health and Human Services, EPIC urged the agency to safeguard personally identifiable information following natural disasters. The agency proposes to use the PEOPLE LOCATOR system and related mobile app ReUnite™ to reunite “family and friends who are separated during a disaster.” The PEOPLE LOCATOR system allows third…
Internet Surveillance, Part 1: The growth of government surveillance of the Internet – Gielda
In the wake of revelations about PRISM and other programs, I asked information security and privacy solutions provider Stephen K. Gielda of Packetderm, LLC and Cotse.net if he might share his thoughts on surveillance and how users can protect ourselves. His first post, below, on the growth of government surveillance provides a nice historical overview…