Yesterday the U.S. FTC and Department of Justice jointly announced a $465,000 penalty against TJ Web Productions for violating the CAN-SPAM Act.
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CAN-SPAM Violation: TJ Web Productions Must Pay $465,000 Fine And Perform Additional Actions for 5 Years
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007CAN-SPAM Violation: TJ Web Productions Must Pay $465,000 Fine And Perform Additional Actions for 5 Years
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Yesterday the U.S. FTC and Department of Justice jointly announced a $465,000 penalty against TJ Web Productions for violating the CAN-SPAM Act.
Routine Personal Information Posting in the U.S. State Government Agencies
Monday, January 29th, 2007NBC news ran a story about how many state government agencies post sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) on their websites. In this case an Ohio county court “routinely posted traffic tickets and other public records on its Web site.”
Court Ruling: ISPs in New Jersey Must Keep Personal Information Private
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007An article from yesterday caught my eye, “Court finds NJ users can expect privacy from Internet providers”
A few excerpts:
U.S. Commerce Dept’s CISO Leaves for the GAO Asst. Director of Security Position
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007There was an interesting short article from the Government Computer News today, “CISO leaving Commerce for GAO.”
PIPEDA Action: Canadian Airline Refuses to Make Changes After Customer Complains
Monday, January 15th, 2007The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada published findings last week for a PIPEDA case in which an individual complained that a Canadian airline refused to give him access to his personal information.
It is interesting that the names of organizations are not published within the decisions and summaries of the Privacy Commissioners.
Laptop Incident: N.C. Dept of Revenue Laptop Theft Puts 30,000 Residents At Risk
Saturday, January 13th, 2007Today the North Carolina Charlotte Observer reported a laptop was stolen from the car of an N.C. Department of Revenue employee in December.
They mailed letters to all 30,000 individuals this week. According to the report this is the first time notifications have been made within N.C. since they put their privacy breach notification law for government agencies into effect during the fall of 2006.
RFID Silliness: Is The Eagle on Your Coin Watching You?
Friday, January 12th, 2007I saw an article on Yahoo news yesterday, “U.S. warns about Canadian spy coins,” that pointed out a warning issued by the U.S. Defense Security Service about Canadian coins being used to track U.S. government contractors.
The CIA has information about similar types of coins: “This hollow container, fashioned to look like an Eisenhower silver dollar, is still used today to hide and send messages or film without being detected. Because it resembles ordinary pocket change, it is virtually undetectable as a concealment device.”
Report from Taipei: Do Visitors to the U.S. Really Have Their Emails and Credit Card Transactions Inspected?
Monday, January 1st, 2007Folks outside of the U.S. are increasinglyg being warned that going to the U.S. could result in privacy incidents, as demonstrated by another such report today in the Taipei Times, “Traveling to the US could trigger a loss of privacy”
An excerpt from the report:
