Latest Information privacy Stories
Michael Harper for RedOrbit.com It’s an ever-connected world in which we live. To pretend otherwise is nothing more than a pipe dream. At the risk of sounding like a Doomsday Prophet, this isn’t the beginning of the end of those innocent days of yesteryear. We’re already in the thickest part of the weeds, rubbing the sleep from our eyes and trying our best to part the brush in this new and exotic jungle. We became distracted, you see, by every benefit of this new age of...
GENEVA, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WISeKey, using its leadership in Digital Identity Management, has developed the Social Media Security Graph methodology for personal information protection. The security company advocates that personal data protection need not be neglected for the enjoyment of social media or surrendered to the network provider. A number of social graphs have emerged controlling slices of social media, but as isolated models each becomes a de-facto...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney David A. Menken, partner at White Plains law firm McCarthy Fingar LLP has this month achieved a Certified Information Privacy Professional - US (CIPP/US) designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals, adding a strong knowledge of U.S. privacy laws and data security practices to his expertise in corporate and information technology law. The CIPP/US credential is the global standard in privacy...
Sponsors of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) released the latest changes to their legislation this week, a move they hope will address the concerns of a coalition of civil liberties groups who have launched a “week of action” to protest the proposals. The bill, HR 3523, aims to broaden the means for communication between private companies and the federal government on issues of cybersecurity and national security, and gives authorities additional...
MADISON, Wisconsin and ZURICH, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DSwiss, founders of SecureSafe, the leading online data safe service, announces today the acquisition of US-based digital estate planning service Entrustet. The acquisition will strengthen DSwiss' footprint within the US market and provide them with additional end users. The Entrustet service allows people to quickly, easily and securely prepare the last wishes for their digital assets and is a complement to...
The European Commissioner has opened an investigation into how the Internet might be spreading to a number of household appliances before 2020. The regulator is launching a consultation over controls of the way information is gathered, stored and processed, giving the public an invitation to send in its views on the matter before July 12. The commission says the average person living in Europe currently has at least two devices connected to the Internet. It said it expects that...
John Neumann for RedOrbit.com Would you feel leery about a random stranger asking personal questions regarding your religious preferences, where you ate lunch, and peeking through photos of your children? What if this person could tell you about the clothing you purchased last weekend, what movies you rented for the last year? And then asked for the names and contact information of all your friends to gather the same information about them? Well, many games, apps, and news readers...
...And what in the world is a Multi-Stakeholder Process? Opinion/Editorial provided by Jedidiah Becker for RedOrbit.com By now most casual followers of tech news are familiar with the Obama administration's imaginative digital addendum to the first ten amendments announced in late February, cleverly christened with the smarmy sobriquet the “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” (CPBR). The purported purpose of the executive report – the ponderous official title of which is...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog today called on the U.S. Department of Commerce to offer legislation to implement the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights proposed by the Administration. In comments filed with the Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest group said, "Calls for action in policy papers are easy. The test of commitment is to translate...
Agency Calls on Companies to Adopt Best Privacy Practices WASHINGTON, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's chief privacy policy and enforcement agency, issued a final report setting forth best practices for businesses to protect the privacy of American consumers and give them greater control over the collection and use of their personal data. In the report, "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: A Proposed...
