Privacy and Data Security
Federal and state laws regulate the collection and use of personal information. The FTC and states attorney general enforce privacy-related promises made to consumers and initiates investigations and enforcement actions against organizations that violate consumers’ privacy rights and fail to implement reasonably adequate data security protocols.
What Will Be The Most Significant Aspects of the Government’s Proposed “Privacy Bill of Rights” Framework for Commercial Activities
This year, the Obama administration is expected finalize the blueprint for a new U.S. privacy “framework” governing business practices that involve the collection, use, and sharing of consumers’ personal data online. The plan is expected to guide federal policymakers as they struggle with the challenge of protecting consumers’ privacy in the Internet age. In December 2010, the Department of…
Read Article...Do Mobile Phone Users Possess a Constitutional Privacy Interest in Call Location Information?
On December 23, 2010 a magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that mobile telephone users possess a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in the location information created by their calls and text messages (In the Matter of an Application of the USA for an Order Authorizing the Release of Historical…
Read Article...The FTC’s Proposal for the Implementation of an Online “Do-Not-Track” Option is Entirely Premature
The Federal Trade Commission’s proposal to implement an online “Do-Not-Track” option that would allow consumers to opt-out of all third-party tracking and behaviorally-targeted advertising is entirely premature. In December, the FTC suggested that Do-Not-Track mechanisms should take the form of an add-on in Web browsers, enabling consumers to check a box that would state their preference to opt-out of tracking as they…
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