Comments Submitted to the Federal Trade Commission
by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Project No. P075414

September 5, 2007

Office of the Secretary
Federal Trade Commission
Room H-135 (Annex K)
600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20580

Submitted electronically: https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-SSNPrivateSector

By Alan M. Mansfield, Editor ABTL Report
Rosner & Mansfield LLP
ABTL Report, Spring 2007
www.abtl.org/sd_report.htm

• Introduction
• What Are Data Security Breach Notification Laws?
• What Can Entities and Consumers Do to Protect Themselves?
• Conclusion

Introduction

by “Furious in Washington State”

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) has been in the forefront in asserting that pharmacies -- and their marketing partners, the big pharmaceutical companies -- act improperly when using the medical information in customer prescriptions to mail letters or call customers in order to sell more drugs. 

By Leslie Flint
J.D., 2007, University of San Diego School of Law;
B.A., 2001, University of Maryland at College Park.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction

II. Federal and State Law
III.  Policy Concerns
IV.  Recommendation

Submitted to the Federal Trade Commission
by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

May 16, 2007

Federal Trade Commission
Office of the Secretary, Room 135 (Annex C)
600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20580
Filed electronically at: https://secure.commentworks.com/ftc-modelform

Contributed by Aaron Titus

Summary

By Beth Givens

 If you think identity theft is bad now, wait until something called the Real ID Act goes into effect. This law federalizes and standardizes state driver’s licenses for all 50 states, and it will result in something that has been resisted in this country for a long time -- a de facto national identity card.

Until recently, the law on fax advertising was simple and straightforward: No one could send a fax advertisement without your prior consent. Of course, this did not stop the deluge of unwanted faxes touting hot stocks, mortgage offers, and vacation deals. Now, adding to the frustration about fax senders that simply ignore the law, Congress has created an exception for fax advertisements sent when you have an “established business relationship,” or EBR, with the sender.

As a responsible consumer, you want to know where your money goes. You also want to know that you have funds in your checking account to cover the checks you write. For years, you’ve probably engaged in that monthly ritual: You balance your checkbook using cancelled checks returned with your bank account statements. You’ve probably noticed that the mailings from your bank have recently gotten a lot lighter, and the checks you wrote last month never appear again. In this day of electronic transactions, it is the information on the check that’s important, not the check itself.