Ed Felton writes: Today the FTC is releasing a major report on privacy. Privacy geeks will read the whole thing–and should, because it represents a lot of careful thinking by folks in the agency. But if you’re a techie who doesn’t have time to read it all, let me point you to a few of the parts…
Category: Misc
EU – US Privacy and Protection of Personal Data: Americans Are from Mars, Europeans Are from Venus
@PrivacyMatters tweeted about a great post by Monique Altheim on the recent EU Conference on Privacy and Protection of Personal Data. Monique creatively wrote a play in three acts that humorously mocks some of the statements made by various parties at the talk. You can read her post here and view the actual panel session….
PA: After female ultrasound bill, State Sen. Farnese wants ‘invasive tests’ for men as well
Amy Worden reports: State Sen. Larry Farnese wants to ensure that government-mandated physical exams are an equal opportunity invader of privacy. Farnese (D., Phila.) says he plans to introduce a bill next week requiring men combating erectile dysfunction (ED) to undergo similar tests. […] Farnese’s legislation would require male patients to: Be given a full…
The Safe Harbor
Peter Fleischer writes: Why is the Safe Harbor framework still relevant? Here’s a reminder: the Safe Harbor framework was created because of a quirk in European law dating from 1995 that divided the countries of the world into so-called “adequate” and not-“adequate”, in terms of having European style data protection. Countries like the US and…