Posts Tagged ‘privacy’

U.S. Federal Teleworking Report Reminds Us that Teleworking Saves Time and Resources, But Must Be Done With Safeguards In Place

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

On November 6 there was a an interesting hearing held by the U.S. Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia about teleworking in the federal agencies.
Considering large numbers of privacy breaches occurring within government agences involving mobile computing devices and storage devices, this caught my eye.

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The Deputy Director of National Intelligence Does Not Understand Key Concepts Of Privacy

Monday, November 12th, 2007

I found a report yesterday, “Intelligence deputy to America: Rethink privacy” quite interesting. The impact on privacy…the actual definition, not the definition Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence, thinks it should be…would not only be a huge step backward for the country, but it would also increase the threats to personally identifiable information (PII) exponentially.

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French Supreme Court Decision Points Out Importance Of Using Monitoring Notices Wherever In The World You Have Personnel

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

I just read about a French Supreme Court decision made on October 10 (you can see a Google English rough translation of it here) that is significant to organizations who have employees in France, or anywhere worldwide for that matter, and the organization’s employee monitoring practices.

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FTC Continues Active Compliance Enforcement: Applies $7.7 Million In Fines To 6 Do-Not-Call Violators

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

This week the FTC once again demonstrated that they aggressively enforce compliance with those regulations for which they have responsibility.
In their press release, “FTC Announces Law Enforcement Crackdown on Do Not Call Violators” they detail their recent actions against six organizations for non-compliance with the Do Not Call (DNC) registry requirements. The involved settlements totaled close to $7.7 million in civil penalties. In addition to the following, actions against Global Mortgage Funding are pending.
Here is an overview of the non-compliance activities and associated fines/penalties:

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5 Things To Do Next Week To Improve Information Security & Privacy

Friday, November 9th, 2007

It seems like my to-do list never gets shorter each day; only longer. This was even more true when I was responsible for the information security and privacy program within a large multi-national financial and insurance organization. It seemed the squeakiest wheel to-do items often got done, while other to-do’s that were very important, and often not that time-consuming, got put by the way-side, always put off until another week.

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More Organizations Are Blocking Social Networking Sites To Address Information Security and Privacy Concerns

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Over the past few months I’ve been keeping a fairly close eye on the evolution of social networks and the security and privacy impacts they have not only on the individuals participating, but also on the businesses that allow their personnel to use the sites from the company’s network. Or, what is more often the case, the large amount of employees using the sites from the company network during work hours unbeknownst to their bosses.

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3 Creative Ways to Fund Information Security and Privacy Awareness

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Several years ago I helped the information protection program at a large organization with getting supplies and prizes for the awareness program on an extremely limited budget. Having some type of prizes and/or recognition for awareness activities and contests is a very good motivator to get your folks involved, and to raise their awareness of important information security, privacy and compliance issues in the process!

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New PCI Standard Draft Released Today; the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS)

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

The PCI Security Standards Council announced today the release of draft for a new standard for payment application software; the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS).

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Judge Rules University Policy & FERPA Allow Student PII To Be Released

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Here’s a case I found interesting…the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ruled on October 24th that providing a group of record company plaintiffs with student personally identifiable information (PII) does not violate the U.S. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

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Judge Rules University Policy & FERPA Allow Student PII To Be Released

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Here’s a case I found interesting…the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ruled on October 24th that providing a group of record company plaintiffs with student personally identifiable information (PII) does not violate the U.S. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

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