Ron Paul said Republican presidential rival Rick Santorum is “very confused” when he denies there is a right to privacy in the Constitution. Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania who tied for first with Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucuses, said recently he does not believe there is a constitutional right to privacy protecting…
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USPS acts to avoid customer privacy violations
Jim McElhatton reports: The U.S. Postal Service has quietly sought to “immunize” itself from Privacy Act challenges to its address-correction service, a program that gives credit, marketing and data-service providers access to updated name and address information for tens of millions of Americans. Postal officials say the program helps reduce costly undeliverable mail that can…
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse launches online consumer privacy complaint center
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) has announced the launch of an interactive online complaint center designed to serve as a clearinghouse for consumer privacy complaints. PRC says its staff will review and respond to every complaint, providing individuals with individualized information and strategies to address their problem. Complaints submitted to the PRC will be forwarded…
Harsher data protection sanctions are coming
Peter Fleischer predicts: When Apollo wanted to stop Laokoon from warning the Trojans that there were Greek soldiers in the famous Trojan Horse, he sent two giant snakes to kill Laokoon and his sons. Talk about sanctions! Have we considered using killer snakes to punish data protection violations and to discourage future bad practices? Since…