The Data Accountability and Trust Act (H.R. 2221) was passed by the House on Tuesday. This act would requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations requiring each person engaged in interstate commerce that owns or possesses electronic data containing personal information to establish security policies and procedures. This bill would preempt any state laws in … Read more »
Category: Privacy
You Are Here: From the FTC for Your Kids
We’re from the government. We’re here to help. The Federal Trade Commission has launched a new site designed to help kids learn to protect their privacy, spot frauds and scams, and avoid identity theft. You Are Here is set up as a virtual mall. Visit the West Terrace to learn about advertising techniques, target marketing, … Read more »
Federal Regulators Issue Final Model Privacy Notice Form
Eight federal regulatory agencies today released the final model privacy notice form. It’s supposed to make it easier for consumers to understand how financial institutions collect and share information about consumers. Under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, institutions must notify consumers of their information-sharing practices and inform consumers of their right to opt out of certain sharing … Read more »
National Data Privacy Laws Move Forward
With last week’s further revisions to the Massachusetts Data Privacy Law [Massachusetts Amends Its Strict Data Privacy Law (Yet, Again)], people are wondering if the federal government is going to step into the space and create a national standard. Most states have enacted some form of data breach or data privacy law, crating patchwork of … Read more »
Google’s New Privacy Dashboard
Have you ever wondered what data is stored with your Google Account? Over the past 11 years, Google has focused on building innovative products for our users. Today, with hundreds of millions of people using those products around the world, we are very aware of the trust that you have placed in us, and our … Read more »
Massachusetts Amends Its Strict Data Privacy Law (Yet, Again)
Massachusetts has revised its data privacy regulations one more time. The revised regulations are less demanding that the original version released over a year ago. But this law is the strictest in the country and will be the de facto law of the land for many companies. Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation released … Read more »
How to Read a Privacy Policy
The Common Data Project surveyed the online privacy policies of the largest internet companies. Their conclusion: We realize that most users of online services have not and never will read the privacy policies so carefully crafted by teams of lawyers at Google and Microsoft. And having read all of these documents (many times over), we’re … Read more »
Privacy on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Here is the United States we are mostly talking about financial information and medical information when it comes to privacy and data security. The state data privacy laws focus on social security numbers and financial account information. HIPPA created a federal regulatory regime for medical information. Europe has been focused less on financial information and … Read more »
Massachusetts Amends Strict Data Privacy Law (Again)
UPDATE: Another revision was published on November 5, 2009. See: Massachusetts Amends Its Strict Data Privacy Law (Yet, Again) The Massachusetts’ Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation has decided to amend the strict data privacy law and extend the deadline for compliance. This is yet another amendment to the regulations. The last amendment had … Read more »
National Data Privacy Law Proposed
With a multitude of states trying to protect their citizens when it comes to breaches of personal data security, it is becoming increasingly difficult to manage compliance with this patchwork of laws. The Data Accountability and Trust Act (H.R. 2221) proposed in Congress proposed to preempt state laws and make regulation of data security a … Read more »