The Senate Commerce Committee released this morning its majority staff report, A Review of the Data Broker Industry: Collection, Use, and Sale of Consumer Data for Marketing Purposes, on the practices data brokers use to collect and sell personal information of consumers and how those practices affect the privacy of hundreds of millions of Americans. … Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Consumer Privacy
Update: Representative Cliff Stearns (R-FL) gets into the privacy legislation act
Posted in UncategorizedTech Daily Dose reports on the House of Representatives’ entry into the federal privacy legislation act. The Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011 specifically would: • Require covered entities to notify consumers that their personally identifiable information as defined in the bill may be used for a purpose unrelated to the transaction. • Require entities to… Continue Reading
FTC Press Conference – Live Blogging
Posted in UncategorizedFTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Jessica Rich, deputy director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Edward Felten, the FTC’s incoming chief technologist, held a press conference earlier this afternoon on the Consumer Privacy Report. Alex Howard at Gov20 was blogging the press conference live — read it here.
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
Holiday Privacy Watch: Take care before you donate that cell phone
Posted in Data Breach, Data Compliance & SecurityDuring the holiday season, many organizations are soliciting donations of old cell phones to be repurposed. This is an excellent way to “reuse, reduce, and recycle” and puts those useless (to you) items to use in a positive way, but please remember — important and private data reside in your cell phone’s internal memory, even… Continue Reading
House scheduled to act today on several privacy bills
Posted in Data Compliance & SecurityThe House is scheduled to vote on HR 1319, The Informed P2P User Act, and HR 2221, The Data Accountability and Trust Act, tomorrow under suspension of the rules. We will monitor the debate and keep you updated on its passage.
Federal Trade Commission hosts privacy roundtable today
Posted in Online AdvertisingThe FTC kicks off the first in a series of “roundtable” discussions to explore privacy challenges posed by 21st technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. Today’s roundtable is being held in Washington, DC, and will focus on data collection, use and retention, consumer expectations of privacy, online behavioral advertising, information brokers… Continue Reading
“Smart Grid” privacy issues to be examined by Federal Communications Commission
Posted in LegislationSmart Grid technology enables electric utilities to use communications and computing technology to glean consumer electric usage patterns to facilitate more efficient network management. It’s been identified by the FCC as a promising way to use broadband to promote energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and encourage energy independence. These consumer electric usage patterns could… Continue Reading
