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Record Number of Data Breaches Reported in 2007, But Optimism Reigns

Posted on January 09, 2008
Posted by Hozaifa Cassubhai The number of publicly reported data breaches in the United States rose by more than 40 percent in 2007, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), and it appears Microsoft, among others, is taking steps in response...

Record Number of Data Breaches Reported in 2007, But Optimism Reigns

Report on the FTC's Conference on "Ehavioral Advertising"

Posted on December 18, 2007
Posted by K.C. Halm, Ronald London, Razeeb Hossain, and Anne Shelby In early November the FTC held a series of roundtables and panels to discuss emerging issues in behavioral advertising. The FTC has posted transcripts, videos, the workshop agenda and a list of all participants on its website, found here...

Report on the FTC's Conference on "Ehavioral Advertising"

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Beware the Flirtbot

Posted on December 12, 2007
Posted by Brian KennanEver since the computer was invented, people have wondered when such machines would be able to think. In 1950, mathematician Alan Turing suggested a simple test for computer intelligence: if a computer can fool a human being into thinking it is also human, said Turing, the machine should be considered intelligent...

Beware the Flirtbot

Posted on December 12, 2007
Posted by Brian Kennan Ever since the computer was invented, people have wondered when such machines would be able to think. In 1950, mathematician Alan Turing suggested a simple test for computer intelligence: if a computer can fool a human being into thinking it is also human, said Turing, the machine should be considered intelligent...

FTC Announces "Crackdown" on Do-Not-Call Violators

Posted on December 05, 2007
Posted by Ronald G. LondonThe Federal Trade Commission recently announced that as a result of a new crackdown by the agency on violations of the National Do-Not-Call Registry (“NDNCR”) and related provisions of the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (“TSR”), it entered several consent decrees with multiple companies totaling $7...

FTC Announces "Crackdown" on Do-Not-Call Violators

Posted on December 05, 2007
Posted by Ronald G. London The Federal Trade Commission recently announced that as a result of a new crackdown by the agency on violations of the National Do-Not-Call Registry ('NDNCR') and related provisions of the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule ('TSR'), it entered several consent decrees with multiple companies totaling $7...

So How Many Health Care Privacy Laws Do We Need?

Posted on November 28, 2007
Posted by Tom Jeffry Last week, under pressure from privacy rights activists, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy introduced an amendment to the Wired for Health Care Quality Act [S.1693]. Until then, this bill was nurtured along by proponents of health information networks and was poised to be “hotlined” for unanimous consent without debate in Congress...

So How Many Health Care Privacy Laws Do We Need?

Posted on November 28, 2007
Posted by Tom Jeffry Last week, under pressure from privacy rights activists, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy introduced an amendment to the Wired for Health Care Quality Act [S.1693]. Until then, this bill was nurtured along by proponents of health information networks and was poised to be 'hotlined' for unanimous consent without debate in Congress...

Lust, Caution...Virus

Posted on November 20, 2007
Posted by Lance KoonceIt may sound like a public health warning, but apparently a late night with an illicit movie downloading site can leave you with a very nasty infection. Tech analysts in China have announced that users downloading Ang Lee's thriller Lust, Caution from any one of hundreds of Chinese websites offering the film up for free have found themselves in the position of that befuddled alien in Independence Day, who realizes only a few moments too late that he's (she's? it's?) just uploaded the galactic equivalent of a wooden-horse-thingy hiding millions of tiny Greek nano-soldiers...

Lust, Caution...Virus

Posted on November 20, 2007
Posted by Lance Koonce It may sound like a public health warning, but apparently a late night with an illicit movie downloading site can leave you with a very nasty infection.Tech analysts in China have announced that users downloading Ang Lee's thriller Lust, Caution from any one of hundreds of Chinese websites offering the film up for free have found themselves in the position of that befuddled alien in Independence Day, who realizes only a few moments too late that he's (she's? it's?) just uploaded the galactic equivalent of a wooden-horse-thingy hiding millions of tiny Greek nano-soldiers...

New AOL Initiative May Help Shield Consumers from Targeted Advertising

Posted on November 07, 2007
Posted by Hozaifa Y. Cassubhai Web users may be better able to travel incognito online by the end of the year. AOL unveiled a new program last week that is designed to help webusers shield their online travels from advertisers. This technology would allow users to opt-out of online ads that are targeted to them based on their Web-surfing habits...

New AOL Initiative May Help Shield Consumers from Targeted Advertising

Hollywood is 'LOOKing' in places you don't suspect

Posted on October 30, 2007
Posted by Tom JeffryAn article about the upcoming AFI Festival in last Friday’s Los Angeles Times focused on a controversy around one of the film festival’s productions by Adam Rifkin titled “LOOK.” The description for this movie set forth in the AFI Festival Guide states: “There are approximately 30 million surveillance cameras in the United States capturing covert images of average Americans as much as 200 times a day...

Hollywood is 'LOOKing' in places you don't suspect

Posted on October 30, 2007
Posted by Tom Jeffry An article about the upcoming AFI Festival in last Friday's Los Angeles Times focused on a controversy around one of the film festival's productions by Adam Rifkin titled 'LOOK.' The description for this movie set forth in the AFI Festival Guide states: 'There are approximately 30 million surveillance cameras in the United States capturing covert images of average Americans as much as 200 times a day...

Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 Introduced

Posted on October 26, 2007
Posted By Joe AddiegoThe Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 recently was introduced to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary by Senator Patrick Leahy, the Chair of that Committee. The purpose of the bill is “to enable increased federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and to allow for restitution to victims of identity theft...

Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 Introduced

Posted on October 26, 2007
Posted By Joe Addiego The Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 recently was introduced to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary by Senator Patrick Leahy, the Chair of that Committee. The purpose of the bill is 'to enable increased federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and to allow for restitution to victims of identity theft...

FTC Changes Duration of National Do-Not-Call Registrations

Posted on October 23, 2007
Posted by Ronald LondonThe Federal Trade Commission today announced through a statement by Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras and in related testimony before Congress that it will not remove any telephone numbers from the National Do Not Call Registry (“NDNCR”) notwithstanding that it previously stated in adopting the NDNCR rules that such registrations are to last only five years...

FTC Changes Duration of National Do-Not-Call Registrations

Posted on October 23, 2007
Posted by Ronald London The Federal Trade Commission today announced through a statement by Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras and in related testimony before Congress that it will not remove any telephone numbers from the National Do Not Call Registry ('NDNCR') notwithstanding that it previously stated in adopting the NDNCR rules that such registrations are to last only five years...

Nevada passes first law requiring business to encrypt customer personal information during transmission

Posted on October 19, 2007
Posted by Charlene BrownleeSignificance of the LawNevada has enacted the first data security law that mandates encryption for the transmission of customer personal information. ( NRS 597.970) The law goes into effect on October 1, 2008. While there are several laws that direct organizations in certain industries to consider using encryption and laws that make encryption a factor in decisions regarding breach notifications, no law required the encryption of personal information prior to this Nevada law...

Nevada passes first law requiring business to encrypt customer personal information during transmission

Posted on October 19, 2007
Posted by Charlene Brownlee Significance of the Law Nevada has enacted the first data security law that mandates encryption for the transmission of customer personal information. ( NRS 597.970) The law goes into effect on October 1, 2008. While there are several laws that direct organizations in certain industries to consider using encryption and laws that make encryption a factor in decisions regarding breach notifications, no law required the encryption of personal information prior to this Nevada law...

California Governor Vetoes Proposed Law Imposing Stronger Data Protection Requirements

Posted on October 18, 2007
Posted by Charlene BrownleeCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 779 -- legislation that would have amended California's data security breach legislation to impose stronger data protection requirements than the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard AB 779 would have prohibited businesses that sell goods or services to any resident of California and that accept as payment credit cards (and debit cards or other payment devices) from, among other things, storing, retaining, sending, or failing to limit access to payment-related data, and from storing sensitive authentication data subsequent to an authorization, unless a specified exception applied...

California Governor Vetoes Proposed Law Imposing Stronger Data Protection Requirements

Posted on October 18, 2007
Posted by Charlene Brownlee California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB 779 -- legislation that would have amended California's data security breach legislation to impose stronger data protection requirements than the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard AB 779 would have prohibited businesses that sell goods or services to any resident of California and that accept as payment credit cards (and debit cards or other payment devices) from, among other things, storing, retaining, sending, or failing to limit access to payment-related data, and from storing sensitive authentication data subsequent to an authorization, unless a specified exception applied...

Tax Extension Deadline is Another Opportunity for Email Fraudsters

Posted on October 02, 2007
Posted by Lance KoonceYesterday, my accountant called me to let me know that my 2006 federal tax return was complete, and that I was getting a refund. He then confirmed that he would be filing the return electronically after we finished our call...

Tax Extension Deadline is Another Opportunity for Email Fraudsters

Posted on October 02, 2007
Posted by Lance Koonce Yesterday, my accountant called me to let me know that my 2006 federal tax return was complete, and that I was getting a refund. He then confirmed that he would be filing the return electronically after we finished our call...

Bank Regulatory Agencies Release Updated BSA/AML Examination Manual

Posted on September 25, 2007
Posted by Peter MucklestoneThe Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) recently released an updated 2007 version of the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual, which updates and further clarifies supervisory expectations since the 2006 version was published last year...

Bank Regulatory Agencies Release Updated BSA/AML Examination Manual

Posted on September 25, 2007
Posted by Peter Mucklestone The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) recently released an updated 2007 version of the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Examination Manual, which updates and further clarifies supervisory expectations since the 2006 version was published last year...

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