This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.
The French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) issued a press release 19 April 2012 detailing its planned enforcement agenda for the coming year. The CNIL announced that it intends to conduct around 450 on-site inspections during 2012, with particular focus on six specific themes. The CNIL will…
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.
In the midst of a rapid increase in the availability and accuracy of facial recognition technology in recent years, the Article 29 Working Party adopted in March this year Opinion 02/2012, highlighting the data protection considerations on the use of facial recognition technology in services such as…
This post was also written by Christopher G. Cwalina, Amy S. Mushahwar and Frederick Lah.
This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its long-awaited final Commission Consumer Privacy Report, entitled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change” (“Final Report”). The FTC emphasizes that the report only sets forth industry best…
On 27 February 2012, with the support of Europe’s largest mobile operators, the GSMA published a set of global Privacy Design Guidelines for Mobile Application Development. These guidelines come just days after the largest US based App providers, including Google, Apple and Amazon, agreed to legally enforceable privacy standards.
The Mobile App Privacy Design Guidelines…
This post was also written by Christopher G. Cwalina, Khurram Nasir Gore, Amy S. Mushahwar and Steven B. Roosa.
A warning from the California Attorney General’s office to mobile app developers: “Don’t get cute!” On February 22, California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris announced that her office and the six leading mobile application platform providers –…
This post was written by Amy S. Mushahwar.
Today, in response to the controversy surrounding cellphone tracking software from Carrier IQ, U.S. Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) released a draft of a cellphone privacy bill.
As background, the Carrier IQ software first made headlines in November, when a researcher posted a YouTube video claiming to show…
And, Adds a Third Arena in the Senate for Privacy Discussions
This post was also written by Chris Cwalina, Amy Mushahwar & Mike Sacks.
On Monday, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced a bill entitled, “Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011,” that will kick off a dialogue over how and in what circumstances companies should be allowed to collect certain types of consumer information online. In the bill’s present form, it appears that most information collection would need to occur on an opt-in basis, which would be a significant departure from the current self-regulatory standard.
Sen. Rockefeller’s bill adds to the web of privacy activity in the Senate and is the third in a flurry of actions relevant Senate committees have recently taken to address privacy issues. In mid-April, Senators John Kerry and John McCain introduced their “Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act” into the Commerce Committee, where Kerry serves as the Chair of the Communications, Technology, and the Internet Subcommittee. On Tuesday, May 10, the Judiciary Committee’s Privacy Subcommittee held a hearing on mobile privacy, bringing in Apple and Google executives to testify. And, Sen. Rockefeller’s bill now joins the Kerry-McCain bill in the Senate Commerce Committee.Continue Reading Rockefeller Introduces Do Not Track
This post was also written by Amy Mushahwar.
Bill Adds to the Web of Proposed Privacy Legislation and Contains Much More Than Kids Do Not Track
Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) circulated a discussion draft of his kids online do-not-track bill, co-sponsored by Joe Barton (R-Tex.) that proposes to make it illegal to use kids’ or teens’ information for targeted marketing and require parental consent for online tracking of the info. Both Congressmen co-chair the House Privacy Caucus and their kids’ privacy bill will join other more generally-applicable privacy legislation pending in the 112th Congress by Representatives Cliff Stearns (R-Fl.), Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Jackie Speier (D-Calf.) and Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) and Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R.-Ariz.) with Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) promising to release a generally-applicable privacy bill containing Do Not Track provisions next week.
But, members of the privacy community were expecting this piece of proposed legislation. Markey had promised since late 2010 that the bill was coming. Specifically, the bill would update the Childrens’ Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”) provisions relating to the collection, use and disclosure of children’s personal information. Further, it would establish protections for personal information of teens who were previously not addressed in COPPA at all.Continue Reading Rep. Markey Releases a Kids Do Not Track Discussion Draft Bill
