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1 Feb 2012, 3:46 pm
After introducing a draft of its Mobile Application Privacy Policy Framework (“Framework”) in mid-October for public comment, the Mobile Marketing Association ("MMA") recently released the final version of the Framework.
The Framework provides a general starting point that application developers can refer to when drafting their application privacy policies. The Framework includes model language to address the following questions and topics regarding the application’s and developer’s… [read post]
6 May 2010, 5:00 am
ILITA, The Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority, will host a Privacy Week on October 25-29, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel.
Article 29 Working Party recently published an an opinion finding that Israeli data protection law largely provides an “adequate level of data protection” under the European Union Data Protection Directive 95/46.
Thus Israel will be joining the small and select club of countries to which personal data from the 27 EU member states and three EEA member countries (… [read post]
28 Apr 2012, 1:19 pm
UNMARRIED - IT'S A CRIME Imagine this. You have a girlfriend and her name is Silvia. You live together with her and Silvia brought a computer when she moved. Silvia gave you permission to use the computer to check your personal email from time to time. You suspect Silvia is seeing some guy so you install spy software on the computer. The spy software later tells you that Silvia has, in fact, been seeing not one, but two other men while she has been living with you in what you thought was a… [read post]
28 Apr 2012, 1:19 pm
UNMARRIED - IT'S A CRIME Imagine this. You have a girlfriend and her name is Silvia. You live together with her and Silvia brought a computer when she moved. Silvia gave you permission to use the computer to check your personal email from time to time. You suspect Silvia is seeing some guy so you install spy software on the computer. The spy software later tells you that Silvia has, in fact, been seeing not one, but two other men while she has been living with you in what you thought was a… [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 10:33 am
Alessandro Acquisti, Sasha Romanosky, and I have a new draft up on SSRN, Empirical Analysis of Data Breach Litigation. Sasha, who’s really led the charge on this paper, has presented it at many venues, but this draft is much improved (and is the first public version). From the abstract:
In recent years, a large number of data breaches have resulted in lawsuits in which individuals seek redress for alleged harm resulting from an organization losing or compromising their personal information.… [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 12:31 pm
If your station engages in children's programming and maintains a website or web page directed to children under the age of 13, this case may be of interest to you.
The operator of a website called Skid-e-Kids, a self-described “Facebook and MySpace for kids,” has learned that it is not enough merely to have a privacy policy that requires parental consent prior to obtaining personal information online from children under the age of 13. Such website operators must actually abide by that policy… [read post]
11 May 2013, 5:29 am
Congress has recently introduced the Application Privacy, Protection and Security Act of 2013 (HR1913). This legislation would require mobile application developers to disclose what data they
collect and how utilize, share, and archive the data they capture.
In January, 2013, the California Attorney General's office issued a privacy report on the mobile apps ecosystem. Subsequently, on February 1, 2013, an FTC report recommended ways for mobile app developers to improve privacy… [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 11:34 am
This post was written by Nancy E. Bonifant and Brad M. Rostolsky.
On April 17, 2012, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement and corrective action plan with Phoenix Cardiac Surgery, P.C. (Phoenix), a small cardiology practice based in Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona. More specifically, Phoenix has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations of HIPAA violations arising out of an investigation conducted by OCR.
OCR’s investigation of Phoenix followed a report that Phoenix was… [read post]
27 Mar 2012, 6:33 pm
On March 26, 2012, the FTC released its final report titled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations for Business and Policymakers.” The report reflects feedback from the FTC’s privacy roundtables as well as over 450 public comments received in response to its proposed framework released in December 2010. The framework applies to all commercial entities that collect or use consumer data that can be reasonably linked to a specific consumer, computer or other… [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 2:59 pm
Privacy law compliance means not only ensuring that compliance gaps are identified and remediated, but also that there is a privacy management infrastructure to ensure that privacy issues are handled on an ongoing basis. Attending to the infrastructure task can be challenging.
To aid in this effort, on April 17th Canada's privacy commissioner, along with the privacy commissioners of the provinces of Alberta and British, issued a guidance document entitled "Getting Accountability Right… [read post]
6 Nov 2010, 1:05 pm
The biometric technologies firm Hoyos (previously Global Rainmakers Inc.) recently announced plans to test massive deployment of iris scanners in Leon, Mexico, a city of over a million people. They expect to install thousands of the devices, some capable of picking out fifty people per minute even at regular walking speeds. At first the project will focus on law enforcement and improving security checkpoints, but within three years the plan calls for integrating iris scanning into most commercial… [read post]
6 Feb 2010, 12:23 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently reversed four indictments of Matt H. Zubiel for an attempt to disseminate matter harmful to a minor, under M.G. L. c. 272, § 28, and as defined in M.G. L. c. 272, § 31. Each indictment was based on Internet conversations between Zubiel and an undercover police officer on different days.
Deputy Sheriff Melissa Marino, a member of the "high-tech evidence analysis team" in the Plymouth County sheriff's department, conducted undercover investigations… [read post]
20 Oct 2011, 4:02 pm
On October 12, 2011, the FTC announced that it, along with Frostwire LLC and FrostWire’s managing member, Angel Leon, (collectively, “FrostWire”), agreed to a stipulated final order for permanent injunction resulting from the FTC’s complaint alleging that (a) users of FrostWire’s Android mobile file-sharing application were likely to unwittingly share personal files stored on their mobile devices with other P2P users after installing and running the application, and (b) FrostWire… [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 7:20 am
David Vladeck, Director of the FTC’s Division of Consumer Protection, this morning previewed the long-awaited FTC report that sums up months of discussion regarding the future of privacy regulation in the United States and examines the viability of a Do Not Track mechanism. Vladeck indicated at the Consumer Watchdog Policy Conference that the existing privacy framework in the U.S. is not keeping pace with new technologies. In addition, he stated that the pace of industry self-regulation, while… [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 8:58 pm
According to CNN:
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has threatened Wikipedia with legal action if the online encyclopedia doesn’t remove the FBI’s seal from its site.
The seal is featured in an encyclopedia entry about the FBI.
Wikipedia isn’t backing down, however. The online encyclopedia — which is run by a nonprofit group and is edited by the public — sent a chiding letter to the FBI, explaining why, in its view, the FBI is off its legal rocker.
The FBI’s letter… [read post]
28 Dec 2009, 11:45 am
On December 17, 2009, a class action suit was filed against online movie rental giant, Netflix, Inc., in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs in the suit are claiming that Netflix has “perpetrated the largest voluntary privacy breach to date.”According to the Complaint, Netflix knowingly and voluntarily disclosed the sensitive and personal information of approximately 480,000 Netflix subscribers when Netflix provided participants in a contest… [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 11:11 am
As physicians, nurses, therapists and health care providers continue to utilize new smart phones, tablets, and laptops in caring for patients, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has responded with educational videos, worksheets and guidance to help health care providers create a “culture of compliance and awareness” and to protect patients’ Protected Health Information (“PHI”). While the material is focused on health care… [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 11:11 am
As physicians, nurses, therapists and health care providers continue to utilize new smart phones, tablets, and laptops in caring for patients, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has responded with educational videos, worksheets and guidance to help health care providers create a “culture of compliance and awareness” and to protect patients’ Protected Health Information (“PHI”). While the material is focused on health care… [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 11:44 am
After Facebook’s recent changes in their privacy policies, you need to take a few steps if you don’t want your Facebook bio, education & work, hometown, likes and interests data to be publicly shared online, as well as probably sold to behavioral marketers.
1. Go to your Facebook page
2. Go to “account”
3. Go to “privacy settings”
4. Go to “applications & websites”
5. Go to “instant personalization pilot program” all the way at the bottom
6. UN-check the PRE-checked box:… [read post]
10 Feb 2013, 11:50 am
The call for papers and presentation proposals has been issued for LVI 2013: Law via the Internet Conference, to be held 26-27 September 2013 on the Channel Island of Jersey.
The conference Website does not seem to state the deadline for submitting papers or proposals. If you know the submission deadline, please feel free to tell us in the comments to this post.
Papers are invited on the topics covered by any of the seven tracks in which the conference program is divided:
E-Learning: distance,… [read post]