On February 12 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the most actively aggressive oversight agency in the U.S. with regard to enforcing privacy protections, released new behavioral advertising principles…
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New Online Behavioral Advertising Principles: Self Regulation Does Not Mean Less Scrutiny By The FTC!
Monday, February 16th, 2009Cloudy Privacy Computing
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Cloud computing is an attractive, low-cost means of collaboration. But have you considered the risks involved with placing documents with PII “in the cloud”?
The monthly column I wrote for the December 2008 CSI Alert was, “Cloudy Privacy Computing.” Here’s the first section…
Using Facebook To Serve Lien Notices
Friday, February 13th, 2009I just ran across this article while doing some research, and it made me go, “Whoa!”…
New Report Finds HIPAA Privacy Rule Is Ineffective As Written
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009Today the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report, “Beyond the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Enhancing Privacy, Improving Health Through Research“…
Surveillance: I Spy With My Little Eye Some Potlikker Pie
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009Do any of you really think that there is a single place on earth that cannot be looked down upon from satellites too high in the sky to see with the naked eye? Google continues their march to know all and see all…
Don’t Be A Dodo; Follow Privacy Requirements!
Monday, February 2nd, 2009I just ran across a privacy law non-compliance fine news report from Australia that was published October 22, 2008…
Revisiting Google Streetview
Thursday, January 29th, 2009Happy Data Privacy Day!
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009So, what are you doing to raise awareness about privacy issues today?
I’m sending various awareness communications to several mailing lists and online groups I belong to. Here’s the message I sent to my school parents’ mailing list…
Business Info Fact of the Day: PII Increasingly Stored On MP3 Players
Monday, January 26th, 2009Over the past few months during some of my presentations I’ve discussed how easily PII can be stored on mobile storage devices that most business leaders and information security folks often do not think about or overlook. One of those devices is the innocent-looking and seemingly benign MP3 player, such as the cool ipod. You gotta love’em! I know I love mine. However, a couple of times when I talked about how easy it is to store large amounts of company data, including personally identifiable information (PII), onto MP3 players, I got some noticeable snickers and sneers from a few in the audience who apparently thought such an idea was preposterous!
Well, here are a couple of different news articles that demonstrates otherwise; both about the same incident, but each with slightly different information…
