The following is from the White House Statements & Releases site:

Fact Sheet for National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
Today, June 25th, the draft National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace is being released for …

The White House has issued a
Memorandum . . . to help Federal agencies to protect privacy, consistent with law, whenever they use web-based technologies to increase openness in government. . . . [I]t calls for …

A U.S. Federal Trade Commission representative delivered a stern indictment of current privacy laws on Monday, saying they fail to protect American consumers and instead place too much of a “burden” on them.
The existing constellation …

The American Civil Liberties today submitted written testimony to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties for a hearing on updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the need …

Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, today launched a publication to guide utilities in how to ensure that consumers’ personal information is protected as the electrical grid becomes “smarter.” The Commissioner partnered with …

Peter Cullen, Micorsoft’s Chief Privacy Strategist recently posted this piece on the “Microsoft on the Issues” platform.  Here are some excerpts:
A “No harm, no foul,” approach is simply not going to cut it in the …

The EU Article 29 Working Party thinks so.  In a letter, the Working party stated that “[t]he concerns of WP29 are focussed on the retention and anonymisation policy of the 3 providers with regard to the …

There is a veritable treasure trove of interesting public policy reading material on privacy issues in the comments submitted to the FTC for their Privacy Roundtables.  If you’re stranded at an airport somewhere and need …

In an effort to help law enforcement officials investigate child pornography and other serious crimes, FBI Director Robert Mueller is calling on Internet service providers to keep records of customer browsing history and retain those …

Regulatory Notice 10-06
Guidance on Blogs and Social Networking Web Sites
Executive Summary
Americans are increasingly using social media Web sites, such as blogs and social networking sites, for business and personal communications. Firms have asked FINRA staff …