From the Federal Register: Notice of Meeting SUMMARY The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will conduct a public workshop with invited experts, academics and advocacy organizations regarding surveillance programs operated pursuant to Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and Section 702 of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. DATES: July 9, 2013 at 9:30 a.m.-4:30…
Category: Misc
What Is Personally Identifiable Information (PII)? Finding Common Ground in the EU and US
Daniel Solove and Paul Schwartz write: We recently released a draft of our new essay, Reconciling Personal Information in the European Union and the United States, and we want to highlight some of its main points here. The privacy law of the United States (US) and European Union (EU) differs in many fundamental ways, greatly complicating…
EPIC, Coalition Endorse “Washington Statement,” Support Data Protection
>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,…
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…