BREAKING NEWS: The Federal Trade Commission has again extended the enforcement deadline for the Red Flags Rule, according to an agency press release. Creditors and financial institutions now have until November 1, 2009 to come into compliance with the rule, which was mandated by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003. Meanwhile, the… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Do you market to ‘tweens?? Better watch out for the new Maine law…..
Posted in Online AdvertisingMaine Governor John Baldacci has signed a sweeping new law called “An Act to Prevent Predatory Marketing Practices to Minors.” While that is a laudatory effort and responsible marketers would not want to be predatory, it is not difficult to see this law as overreaching. It goes beyond restrictions in federal law under the Children’s… Continue Reading
New E-Discovery Rules in California
Posted in LegislationIt’s not necessarily a “privacy” issue, per se, but electronic discovery (known as “e-discovery”) rules of litigation require that companies plan ahead with respect to document retention. Here is the latest on the new California e-discovery rules just enacted.
Update from ComputerWorld on Denial of Service Attacks
Posted in Data Compliance & SecurityArticle says that likely source of last week’s massive DDOS attacks was the U.K. and not North Korea. Link here
Seminar today on compliance with Massachusetts Data Security Regulations
Posted in Data Compliance & SecurityTwitter feed from the event — http://twitter.com/ITcompliance
Privacy and Security Bits and Bytes
Posted in Data Compliance & SecurityThere’s a report out of the UK that a proposed (and highly controversial) mobile directory has so many people opting-out, that the system has crashed. I guess no one really wants those telemarketers to be able to find them via mobile….UK Mobile Directory Crashes A good summary from the Edmonton Sun regarding the stunning breach… Continue Reading
State BT Legislation
Posted in LegislationMuch as it is with general federal privacy legislation, nature abhors a vacuum, and the states take up the “hot potato.” In the same realm as the last post, Massachusetts and several other states have legislation working their way through the current legislative session dealing with BT. The Massachusetts bill, H 313, heads for a… Continue Reading
Trade Groups Release BT “Self-Regulatory” Standards
Posted in Online AdvertisingNearly missed in the long Fourth of July holiday weekend was the announcement of “behavioral advertising” standards by a coalition of industry trade groups. These standards are in response to the FTC’s public statements that regulation would soon follow if industry did not step up. The standards have now been released and are as follows:… Continue Reading
Major Consumer Protection Actions at FTC
Posted in LegislationThere is increased activity at the Federal Trade Commission on the consumer protection front. David Vladeck, the FTC’s new director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection is wasting no time in getting down to business. With less than a month on the job, Vladeck announced two major enforcement actions: one involving a nationwide crackdown against… Continue Reading
Google on Trial in Italy
Posted in Data Compliance & SecurityFriends at the Norton Rose law firm have published a great Update on Google Italian prosecution. The trial of the Google executives has been delayed, but the Norton Rose piece outlines the background of the proceedings and the current status.
North Korea behind denial of service attacks?
Posted in Data BreachReports today are indicating that several South Korean Web sites have been attacked again. Several officials have voiced speculation that North Korea was behind both today’s denial of service attacks and last week’s wave of outages that hit sites in both the U.S. and South Korea. No comment from Pyongyang. The official news agency in… Continue Reading
Class Action Suit Filed in “Clear” Program Termination
Posted in Secure TravelingHere we go …..
What is happening with Registered Traveler data? It’s not “Clear”….
Posted in Secure TravelingAs I blogged a few weeks back, the “Clear” Registered Traveler program abruptly ended because the service provider ceased operations. The announcement at the time raised the questions of what happens to the vast trove of personal information and biometric data that the company collected in order to “clear” frequent fliers who ponied up the… Continue Reading
