The State Legislature approved State Senator Joe Simitian´s (D-Palo Alto) SB 20, a bill to strengthen and update California´s landmark privacy protection law. The bill now goes to the Governor, who has until October 11th to sign or veto the legislation. SB 20 builds on previous legislation authored by Simitian, AB 700 (2002), which required…
Category: U.S.
Census Workers Sworn to Confidentiality—for Life
Erik Fowle of New America Media reports: As thousands of trained Census Bureau workers gear up to begin the 2010 census of the United States population, one thing makes their service unlike any other job. All census takers must take an oath that they will never reveal the information they collect as they knock on…
Sonnenschein agrees to pay $15,000 to settle Do Not Call, Robo-Call complaints
An Illinois telemarketing firm has agreed to pay a $15,000 civil penalty to settle a lawsuit alleging it violated Indiana’s Do Not Call law by pestering Hoosiers with dozens of pre-recorded “robo-calls.” Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller today announced the settlement of the State of Indiana’s lawsuit against Sonnenschein Financial Services, Inc., and Sonnenschein Marketing…
Privacy Groups: Obama Has More Work to Do
Depending on which headline you read, President Obama either got failing grades or mixed grades on privacy when privacy groups issued their report card on privacy yesterday. And depending on which privacy group best reflects your priorities on privacy, the president is either earning average, decent, or incomplete grades or is failing. Grant Gross of…