The New Massachusetts Data Security Law: What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know
February 8, 2010 – 7:11 pm | Comments

We have scheduled a seminar at the Trustees of Reservations’ Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster, Massachusetts.
The seminar is free and is for non-profits.  The truth is, every non-profit needs to know the same thing as …

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B. C. officials waited too long to inform victims of massive privacy breach
February 9, 2010 – 12:05 am | Comments

VICTORIA — More than 1,400 people whose personal information was found by police in the home of a B.C. government supervisor last year should have been notified immediately of the privacy breach not seven months later, a new report said.

B.C. acting privacy commissioner Paul Fraser said the length of time it took to alert income assistance clients was the “most significant failure” in the government’s response.

“It is clear, beyond any doubt, that affected individuals should have been notified within days of the April 7, 2009, discovery,” Fraser wrote in the report. “A seven-month delay in notification meant that any reasonable opportunity for risk mitigation was lost.”

Fraser also found that government officials failed to properly protect clients’ information in the first place. Neither the Ministry of Housing and Social Development nor the Ministry of Children and Family Development had any idea that the supervisor had kept clients’ records at home for months, and sometimes years, without authorization. That should be fixed, Fraser said.

Fraser’s report follows the discovery of records in the Victoria home of Richard Ernest Wainwright, a supervisor in the youth and special-needs office of the children’s ministry.

via Vancouver Sun.

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The New Massachusetts Data Security Law: What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know
February 8, 2010 – 7:11 pm | Comments
The New Massachusetts Data Security Law: What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know

We have scheduled a seminar at the Trustees of Reservations’ Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster, Massachusetts.
The seminar is free and is for non-profits.  The truth is, every non-profit needs to know the same thing as …

Copiers: Gold Mines for Identity Theft
February 8, 2010 – 6:03 pm | Comments

Your doctor, lawyer, or tax preparer could all be unwittingly giving away your very private information. And they’re doing it by using copy machines. You may already be a victim and not even know it, …

No expectation of privacy in computer connected to unsecured wireless network
February 8, 2010 – 7:43 am | Comments

Taking a few moments to secure a residential wireless network with a password is a good idea, a fact recently noted by the Federal Trade Commission. An open network is an invitation for piggy-backers and …

Germany: Google ‘Street View’ hits fresh privacy snag
February 7, 2010 – 10:46 pm | Comments

Google’s “Street View” service faces a new hurdle in Germany, with Consumer Minister Ilse Aigner branding it on Sunday a “million-fold violation of the private sphere” and demanding the internet giant get additional consent from …

FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited
February 6, 2010 – 12:42 pm | Comments

The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography …

Ground Hog Day – Speaking at Norfolk Law Library today
February 2, 2010 – 7:36 am | Comments
Ground Hog Day – Speaking at Norfolk Law Library today

I will be presenting at the Norfolk Law Library brown bag series today on the Massachusetts Data Privacy Regulations.  The presentation will be an informal mix of compliance topics for lawyers and their clients.
I also …

Flash Cookies Could Become Hot-Button Privacy Issue
January 20, 2010 – 10:16 am | Comments

Web users are not yet deleting Flash cookies as often as they shed more traditional cookies, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to use Flash technology to track consumers online. That’s according to …

KS: Conflicting Privacy Laws Could Hinder Kansas Health Data Exchange
January 20, 2010 – 7:38 am | Comments

A group tasked with developing a statewide health information exchange in Kansas plans to ask lawmakers to address inconsistent patient privacy protection laws that they say could hinder the electronic exchange of health information among …

US District Court recognizes possible action based on increased risk of future harm
January 19, 2010 – 3:43 pm | Comments

On January 5, 2010, Judge William Hibbler of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois became the latest federal district judge to share his views about whether an increased risk of future …

COMMENTS SOUGHT ON PRIVACY ISSUES RAISED BY THE CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY
January 19, 2010 – 3:37 pm | Comments

The FCC has requested comments in response to concerns raised in a letter from the Center for Democracy and Technology.
The Center for Democracy and Technology recently filed a letter with significant questions about
the use of …