Written by Stu Eaton In a settlement announced by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) on June 27, 2011, Teletrack, Inc. agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle FTC charges that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) by selling consumer reports to marketers without a “permissible purpose.” Teletrack sells credit reports and other services… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Two events coming up in San Diego/Irvine
Posted in UncategorizedWe have partnered with WinMagic and Lenovo to present two privacy compliance workshops. On June 28th, the workshop will be presented at Donovan La Jolla (register here) from 5 to 8 pm (including dinner) and on June 29th, we’ll be presenting the same workshop at Il Fornaio in Irvine (register here) from 5 to 8 pm… Continue Reading
“Reasonable” security does not necessarily equal “best” security – even if ACH fraud involved
Posted in UncategorizedWritten by Stu Eaton Bank Info Security reports that a magistrate for the U.S. District Court in Maine issued an Order that further defines what constitutes “reasonable” security practices. The Order, which must be approved by the judge, recommends dismissal of a complaint filed by PATCO Construction Company against Ocean Bank regarding more than $500,000… Continue Reading
Commerce Department: Call for national, voluntary codes of cybersecurity conduct
Posted in UncategorizedPrivacy and security has become a major focus of the Department of Commerce. The Department’s Internet Policy Task Force has issued its second green paper, this one proposing the creation of nationally recognized voluntary codes of conduct to help strengthen cybersecurity. Comments will be accepted on “Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy” through August 1, 2011…. Continue Reading
Court Approves Settlement of Flash Cookie Class Action
Posted in UncategorizedWritten by Kevin McGinty On Monday, a federal judge in Los Angeles issued an order granting final approval to a previously-announced settlement of consolidated class actions alleging that the use of so-called “flash cookies” in connection with advertising on web sites resulted in unauthorized tracking of web users’ browsing activity. In addition, plaintiffs alleged that… Continue Reading
Legislative Interest in Federal Data Security Legislation Continues
Posted in UncategorizedSenate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Introduces Data Security Bill Written by Julie Babayan Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has introduced a data security bill that would require certain business entities that store personal data to implement data privacy and security programs, modeled after those established for financial institutions to protect customer… Continue Reading
RSA Offers to Replace SecurID Tokens – For Everyone
Posted in UncategorizedUPDATE — link to interesting article from Channel Insider. Back in March, we reported on a massive and sophisticated attack on RSA Security’s well-known SecurID tokens, used by millions of corporate workers to access sensitive corporate networks. Yesterday, the security unit of EMC Corp. posted a letter to customers on its website, acknowledging for… Continue Reading
