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Rockefeller releases results of Fortune 500 survey on cybersecurity

Baker & Hostetler LLP
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USA
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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

Lame duck Congress acts on privacy bills, mostly with an eye toward 2013

Baker & Hostetler LLP
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USA
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December 21 2012

While continuing congressional inaction on the fiscal cliff is getting most of the inkpixels in news headlines over the last couple weeks, several privacy bills have advanced in the House and Senate

Rep. markey to data-brokers: let's start with kids, then tackle data privacy for the rest

Baker & Hostetler LLP
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USA
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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.”

FTC launches investigation of children's mobile app compliance with COPPA; continues to study "comprehensive" data collection

Baker & Hostetler LLP
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USA
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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

Cybersecurity bill fails again in Senate

Baker & Hostetler LLP
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USA
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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

Cybersecurity in the Senate: progress during the lame duck?

Baker & Hostetler LLP
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USA
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November 13 2012

As I last reported in August, just before Congress recessed to campaign for reelection, the Senate failed to end debate and take up the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, S. 3414 by eight votes (really only seven, as Majority Leader Reid switched his vote so as to be able to bring it up again in the future

California AG puts companies on notice about app privacy non-compliance

Baker & Hostetler LLP
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USA
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November 1 2012

On October 30, California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced that her office is notifying up to 100 companies and mobile application developers that they are not in compliance with the state’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”

FTC's Olhausen: privacy through a competition lens

Baker & Hostetler LLP
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USA
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October 18 2012

Earlier this week, Maureen Olhausen, the Federal Trade Commission’s newest commissioner, shared her perspective on “The Federal Role in Privacy: Getting It Right” in a discussion at the Hudson Institute, a conservative-leaning think tank in Washington, DC

Rockefeller questions Fortune 500 on Cybersecurity Actdata security practices

Baker & Hostetler LLP
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USA
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September 20 2012

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) yesterday blanketed the entire FORTUNE 500 list of companies with a pointed letter inquiring about business opposition to cybersecurity issues and seeking a response by October 19

Rep. Markey introduces Mobile Device Privacy Act amid hearing on app industry job growth

Baker & Hostetler LLP
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USA
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September 19 2012

Last week, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), co-chair of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, introduced broad legislation to require multiple actors in the mobile communications ecosystem to disclose and obtain express prior consent for the installation of “monitoring software” and to adopt and disclose detailed information security requirements to be promulgated by the FTC

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