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USA - January 30 2013
Back in September, I posted here about Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller's (D-WV) letters to all Fortune 500 companies inquiring…
USA - December 21 2012
While continuing congressional inaction on the fiscal cliff is getting most of the ink/pixels in news headlines over the last couple weeks, several privacy bills have advanced in the House and Senate.
USA - December 14 2012
In a briefing convened by the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus December 13, 2012, co-chairs Ed Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX) tried to advance their agenda of enhancing children’s online privacy in the context of exploring the scope and practices of “data-brokers.”
USA - December 12 2012
Monday, on a call with reporters to discuss the findings of its second survey of kids mobile device applications, attorneys with the Federal Trade Commission (1) called on industry – app developers, app stores, and third party recipients of collected data – to improve privacy disclosures; (2) said it is developing consumer education material in this area; and (3) announced it is launching an investigation into potential violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the Section 5 of the FTC Act.
USA - November 15 2012
Yesterday evening, the Senate again failed to move forward on the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, voting 51-47 not to end debate on the measure (60 votes required).
