The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act was passed in 1998 by the FTC to protect the personal information of children. It specifically applies to websites that target children and provides guidelines for the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information of children under the age of 13 who may not understand the dangers of disclosing personal information on the [...]
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The Platform for Privacy Preferences Project, more commonly known as P3P was designed by the World Wide Web Consortium aka W3C in response to the increased use of the Internet for sales transactions and subsequent collection of personal information. P3P is a special protocol that allows a website’s policies to be machine readable, granting web users’ greater control over the use and disclosure of their information while browsing the [...] Information Privacy is an International concern. Today, most countries have laws protecting personal data from misuse and destruction. Regulation and enforcement of data protection varies from country to country. However, despite such differences, almost every country uses the same basic privacy concepts and principles– notice, access, consent, data integrity, disclosure and accountability– to develop data protection [...] Safe Harbor is an advantageous agreement between the United States and the European Union that governs the protection of data during transfer from the E.U. to the U.S. American companies wishing to do business with companies in the E.U. may receive certification, stating they have implemented data protection principles that are similar and equal to those of the E.U. Data Protection Directive, and are then allowed unrestricted data transfers with entities in the E.U. Recently, the FTC– the U.S. body governing enforcement of Safe Harbor– has begun to crack down on U.S. companies claiming Safe Harbor compliance, but failing to implement the required protection standards. Multi-national companies must now take a strong look at their privacy policies and notices to ensure they are Safe Harbor compliant and avoid Federal [...] While increasing the amount of detail and information seems enticing to the business intelligence office, security and privacy professionals must step in and put on the brakes to limit disclosure [...] What happens when a company collects incorrect data? How can a consumer even discover the inconsistencies? What course of action does a consumer take, and what should a corporation do to respect the rights of their [...] The British Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas began prosecution of Ian Kerr, a private investigator used extensively within the UK construction business. An investigation of Mr. Kerr revealed he compiled a database of 3,213 workers used by 40 construction companies for vetting potential employees, with, according to Commissioner Thomas, documents that “… show that files on individuals included comments on individuals such as ‘communist party’, ‘ex-shop steward, definite problems, no go’, ‘do not touch’, ‘orchestrated strike action’ and ‘lazy and a [...] The Europeans value privacy; it is a fundamental human right in their eyes. The European Commission began legal action against the United Kingdom Tuesday for failure to “ensure, among other things, the confidentiality of communications by prohibiting interception and surveillance without the user’s [...] Different organization enforce regulatory models throughout the world. In the US, the FCC exhibited their regulation authority by placing 600 telecom carriers on notice for not following FCC privacy [...] |
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