June 10, 2008 UPDATE -- California Assemblymember Joel Anderson (R - La Mesa) wrote CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt, urging him to comply with California law and post a link to its privacy policy on the Google home page.
SAN DIEGO, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A coalition of privacy and consumer organizations from California to Washington, D.C. have urged Google to post a prominent link on its homepage to its privacy policy. In a letter released June 3rd, 2008, the groups say this is required by California law and is the widespread practice of commercial web sites.
Federal Trade Commission Workshop
“Security in Numbers: SSNs and ID Theft”
December 10-11, 2007, Washington, D.C.
Agenda: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/ssn/agenda.pdf
FTC Staff Report: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/ssn/staffsummary.pdf
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
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.