National Data Breach Law Proposed : Massachusetts Data Privacy Law Blog

"So my question to ponder as I sail adrift in this storm is whether the Massachusetts requirement that businesses have a Written Information Security Program will be eliminated by the passage of this bill in its current state. You see, the proposed Federal law specifically says “supersede any provision of the law…relating to notification…” It doesn’t say any more or any less."

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Compliance Guide: The New European Online Privacy Law

"The EU recently enacted its new Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (the “E-Privacy Directive”), an important new policy directive establishing rules for the use of cookies for tracking/storing information on European users will change. Prior to the enactment of the E-Privacy Directive, website operators with customers in the EU were simply required to: (a) inform website users how they use cookies; and (b) provide “opt out” information.

Under the new rules, which went into effect on May 25th, 2011, cookies can only be placed on computers where the user has given their express consent, except in cases in which a website operator doing something that is “strictly necessary” for a service specifically requested by the user."

Compliance Guide: The New European Online Privacy Law:

New cookies law: Are you EU-compliant?

The new EU ‘Cookies’ law took effect on 2011-05-25, a European law requiring organizations’ websites that track users’ cookies – the personal information stored by PCs, iPads and smartphones – to first secure explicit permission from site visitors - The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011.

New cookies law: Are you EU-compliant?

Two Posts on the Subject of Facebook and Privacy

I realize it has been a while since I posted here, but I wanted to note these two privacy-related posts because they are different aspects of the same problem.

Mark Zuckerberg Faces the Privacy Meter: Facebook trends open book

Face it folks, it’s time to dust off the Privacy Meter for a quick check of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. According to an internal source, Mr. Zuckerberg has placed himself in the camp made (in)famous in 1999 by Scott McNealy, the CEO of Sun Microsystems, who was reported to have said: “You already have zero privacy anyway, so get over it.” Mr. Zuckerberg’s position was recently described by a Facebook insider in response to this question: “How does Zuck feel about privacy?” Response: “He doesn’t believe in it.” (More...)

Facebook Tool Might Help With Privacy Settings and Awareness

Using Facebook means sharing personal information with at least some people, but Facebook sometimes makes changes to the way sharing works. Knowing exactly what you share and with whom can be hard to figure out. (More...)

Disclaimer: Okay, so I have severely neglected this blog. Bad blogger! No Bloggie Award! Frankly, I blame that age-old pair of challenges: Too many blogs and not enough time. I have been blogging, just not here. And some of my posts in other places have been privacy-related. I admit, I'm still trying to resolve the many-niche-blogs versus unified-blogging theory. Please bear with me.

Bruce Schneier's Security Matters: The Myth of the 'Transparent Society'

Bruce Schneier's Security Matters: The Myth of the 'Transparent Society'

Very Handy Privacy Calendar

Kudos and thanks to PogoWasRight.org for maintaining this very handy calendar of privacy-related events.

ID Theft Insurance: an update

A handy update on the state of ID theft insurance can be found in this article on the Canadian Underwriter web site.