Written by Kenneth Gantz At the urging of congressional lawmakers, the Federal Trade Commission has for the fifth time delayed enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule – this time through December 31, 2010. In the interim, Congress plans to consider legislation that would alter the scope of entities covered under the Rule. Under the Fair… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Major Data Breach at California Health Insurer
Posted in Data BreachWritten by Kenneth Gantz Anthem Blue Cross is notifying approximately 230,000 members and applicants for individual health insurance of a breach involving a web site used by individuals to apply for insurance and track the status of their applications. Anthem claims that attorneys managed to manipulate the web address within the web site in order… Continue Reading
July 13 Data Security Workshop – FREE
Posted in Data BreachOn July 13, Mintz Levin will be joined by Sophos, Six Weight Consulting, and MFA Cornerstone Consulting to hold a free compliance workshop focused on both the gaps and overlap of Massachusetts’ data protection regulation 201 CMR 17.oo and the recent updates to federal health and medical data privacy found in the HITECH Act. We’ll… Continue Reading
Twitter Settles With FTC
Posted in Data BreachTwitter has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that it “deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information.” In the Matter of Twitter, Inc., The FTC had alleged that “serious lapses” in Twitter’s security last year “allowed hackers to obtain administrative control of… Continue Reading
FTC Highlights Need for Privacy and Security in Internet Commerce
Posted in LegislationWritten by Jillian Collins The Federal Trade Commission has weighed in as part of the Department of Commerce’s public comment process on privacy and security issues. According to the FTC’s comment, consumers trusting that their personal information will be safeguarded is essential to the success of e-commerce, and innovation is essential to ensuring privacy in… Continue Reading
The Google Payload Data Fallout Continues
Posted in Data BreachWritten by Jillian Collins Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says he will lead a multistate investigation into Google Street View cars’ unauthorized collection of personal data from WiFi networks. The Connecticut AG said he expects a significant number of states to participate. More than 30 states participated in a recent conference call regarding the Connecticut… Continue Reading
More on Supreme Court Ruling in Quon
Posted in Employee PrivacyAnd as promised in our last post, here is the latest Client Advisory on the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Quon case.
Breaking News: Supreme Court Issues Decision in Employee Privacy Case
Posted in Employee PrivacyWritten by Martha Zackin As we’ve blogged in this space,, back in December, the Supreme Court agreed to hear City of Ontario v. Quon, a case on the privacy of text messages sent by a government employee on employer-provided devices. Specifically, the Court agreed to consider whether a police sergeant assigned to a Ontario, California… Continue Reading
