Ryan J. Foley of Associated Press reports: Bakir Hajdarevic didn’t have to study for the most important test in a class last fall. He just had to spit — a lot. The 19-year-old freshman at the University of Iowa took an honors seminar on personal genetics in which students had the option of sending saliva…
Category: Misc
Should the FTC require entities to notify us if they have breached our privacy?
As I noted yesterday, there have been at least three potential class action lawsuits against rent-to-own companies that used DesignerWare LLC software that, unbeknownst to consumers, remotely activated webcam images of individuals in their homes and in what might be sensitive or embarrassing situations. One of the allegations in one of the lawsuits, however, made…
For your reading list
The current issue of Yale Journal of Law & Technology includes two privacy-related articles. Here’s their summary, but it looks like a subscription is required to access the full articles: Moving from Nixon to NASA: Privacy’s Second Strand–A Right to Informational Privacy Christina P. Moniodis 15 Yale J.L. & Tech. 139 The Supreme Court’s data privacy…
Resource: International Compendium of Data Privacy Laws
Craig Hoffman of BakerHostetler writes: This compendium represents our global experience in this field. While it is not a substitute for legal advice, it is a reference guide that outlines the basic requirements in place when dealing with an international data breach so that you can know what immediate steps to take and what questions…