Jay Stanley writes: During the Cold War, as I argued last week, the totalitarian governments of the Soviet bloc functioned as a standing warning to Americans of the dangers of unchecked surveillance—lessons that we would do well to remember despite the fall of the Iron Curtain. As it happens, a coalition of civil liberties organizations from around…
Canadian, German data protection watchdogs join forces
Loek Essers reports: The German and Canadian data protection commissioners signed an agreement on Monday that aims to ensure people’s digital privacy will be better protected if data travels across borders via the Web, the authorities announced. International cooperation could help put companies like Facebook and Google on a privacy leash. Both countries will inform…
EU regulators want Google to obtain consent to bundle data – Reuters
Reuters has seen the letter EU regulators are sending to Google over their March 2012 privacy policy consolidation and changes. According to multiple sources, the regulators will be asking Google to make some changes. Claire Davenport of Reuters reports: Google must spell out its intentions and methods for combining data collected from its various services, and…
Athletic wear firm sued for violation of privacy law
Haven’t seen one of these in a while…. a California consumer filed a potential class action lawsuit against Lululemon and Lululemon Athletica alleging violation of California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act. The law prohibits merchants engaged in a credit card transaction from requiring personal information such as zip code, except in certain cases. In this case,…