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In an extensive comment filing, advocacy groups urge the FTC to beef up and update COPPA to keep up with new technology.  The signatories of the comment were the following:

The Center for Digital Democracy,
American Academy …

On June 25, 2010, Judge Richard Berman of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment to The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. in Hammond v. The Bank …

What happens to your digital soul when you depart this earth?

It’s probably time to see some standard will clauses related to freezing and gaining authority over digital identities. Any estate planning attorneys care to …

RESULTS IN BRIEF
The names, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical data, and other PII of airmen are not properly secured to prevent unauthorized access and use. We found serious security lapses in FAA’s management of AMEs …

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 …

Opt-out is not sufficient
European Data Protection Authorities clarify EU rules on online behavioural
advertising
The European Data Protection Authorities (the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party)
today published an Opinion clarifying how EU rules apply to online behavioural
advertising.
(http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2010/wp171_en.pdf)
Behavioural …

An Englewood, Colo., insurance company has filed a federal lawsuit contending that it isnt responsible for reimbursing the University of Utah for $3.3 million in costs related to a 2008 data breach caused by a …

What is privacy?  What does the concept of privacy mean to you?
The answer to these questions may change depending on who you are what you do and what your connection with privacy concepts is.  Are …