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[…] a way to stop such sharing. 5. P RIVACY POLICY AMENDMENTS In all, 92% of the Top 25 discussed amendments to th eir privacy policies. Five companies promised that amendments would not take the place of past po licies under which customers submitted PII – i.e., amendments are not binding on past customers. Four […]

[…] identity: An unproven orthodoxy The past decade is littered with earnest identity ini tiatives that failed to get off the ground and security industry consortia that over- promised and under-delivered. We’ve endured endless deconstructions of “trust” and theoretical diss ertations on “identity” but none of this work has led to the sort of breakthrough […]

          Gutting the Privacy Act:  Agency use of Systems of Records Notices (SORNs)           Wordcount: 13,831 with footnotes              “By requiring open rule making with the receipt of  comments and an agency statement  explaining the exception for certain categories of  records, the Congress was trying to  avoid creation of a loophole which would permit ent ire agencies to avoid compliance  with the Act.” 1     “The agency’s broad interpretation would bring thro ugh the back door a provision  expressly omitted from the Act as approved by Congr ess and signed into law.” 2                                                        1 James H. Davidson,  The Privacy Act of 1974—Exceptions and Exemptions , 34 F ED . BAR  J. 279 (1975),  available in  L EGISLATIVE  HISTORY OF THE  PRIVACY  ACT OF  1974, S OURCE  BOOK ON  PRIVACY , 1191, 1193  (1976) [hereinafter Davidson  Privacy Act].  2 Vymetalik v. F.B.I. , 785 F.2d 1090, 1095 (C.A.D.C. 1986).        […]

Sponsoring Trust in Tomorrow’s Technology: Towards a Global Digital Infrastructure Policy By John Miller and David Hoffman The information contained in this document represents the current view of Intel Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of publication. This document is for informational purposes only. INTEL MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, […]

1 PRIVACY INVASIVE GEO -MASHUPS: PRIVACY 2.0 AND THE LIMITS OF FIRST GENERATION INFORMATI ON PRIVACY LAWS Mark Burdon † ABSTRACT Online technological advances are pioneering the wider distribution of geospatial information for general mapping purposes. The use of popular web – based applications, such as Google Maps, is ensuring that mapping based applications are […]

Corey A. Ciocchetti n r r 55 American Business Law Journal n Id. F F See, e.g Personal Information in Government Records: Protecting the Public Interest In Privacy 63, 118 & n.332 (2006) (defining personally identifying information with reference to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C.552a(a)(4) (2000)); TRUSTe,Guidance on Model Web Site Disclosures, http://www.truste.org/docs/Model_Privacy_ […]

Dispelling the Myths Surrounding De-identification: Anonymization Remains a Strong Tool for Protecting Privacy Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D. Information & Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada June 2011 Khaled El Emam, Ph.D. Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information, CHEO Research Institute and University of Ottawa Table of Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………… ………. 1 Questioning the Value of De-identification ………………………………. […]

DRAFT – PUBLISHED IN WINTER 2002 -2003 1 Cookies, The Constitution, and The Common Law: A Framework for the Right of Privacy on The Internet M ATTHEW C. KECK * That the individual shall have the full protection in person and in property is a principle as old as the common law; but it has […]

China’s Pragmatic Privacy Law beyond APEC: Does Generational Culture Matter?  By Cheryl L. Brown   Associate Professor  Department of Political Science  University of North Carolina at Charlotte  [email protected]  Paper Draft 1  Please do not quote without permission    Abstract     Culture and tradition remain significant influences  in China’s conception of privacy and  implementation of data protection laws.  At the sam e time, the National People’s  Congress’ initiation of privacy protection consider ation reveals the prospect of evolving  laws emphasizing protection of data privacy based o n domestic and international  developments.  Although a growing literature focuse s on Internet filtering and social  networking mining, this paper will examine five fac tors influencing national and  international perspectives of China’s approach to p rivacy and data protection: (1) privacy  concerns of RFID technology of China’s second-gener ation national identification card  (2) personal data leaks of consumer information by  banks, insurance companies, and real  estate companies as China seeks to build consumer t rust in the modern banking and  financial system; (3) data protection for citizens  of countries engaged with China across  borders in electronic commerce and outsourcing; (4)  privacy compatibility with  multinational and regional organizations in a soft  power era; and (5) the changing  leadership generations with backgrounds in the “sof t sciences” of  history, economics,  management, business, journalism, and law.  These f actors may offer useful comparisons  for addressing the convergence of an international  framework for privacy laws and data  protection.                                                        1 This paper draft was originally submitted to the I nformation Privacy Law Scholars Conference, June  2010.  The author is currently revising the paper.  2      […]

China’s Pragmatic Privacy Law beyond APEC: Does Generational Culture Matter?  By Cheryl L. Brown   Associate Professor  Department of Political Science  University of North Carolina at Charlotte  [email protected]  Paper Draft 1  Please do not quote without permission    Abstract     Culture and tradition remain significant influences  in China’s conception of privacy and  implementation of data protection laws.  At the sam e time, the National People’s  Congress’ initiation of privacy protection consider ation reveals the prospect of evolving  laws emphasizing protection of data privacy based o n domestic and international  developments.  Although a growing literature focuse s on Internet filtering and social  networking mining, this paper will examine five fac tors influencing national and  international perspectives of China’s approach to p rivacy and data protection: (1) privacy  concerns of RFID technology of China’s second-gener ation national identification card  (2) personal data leaks of consumer information by  banks, insurance companies, and real  estate companies as China seeks to build consumer t rust in the modern banking and  financial system; (3) data protection for citizens  of countries engaged with China across  borders in electronic commerce and outsourcing; (4)  privacy compatibility with  multinational and regional organizations in a soft  power era; and (5) the changing  leadership generations with backgrounds in the “sof t sciences” of  history, economics,  management, business, journalism, and law.  These f actors may offer useful comparisons  for addressing the convergence of an international  framework for privacy laws and data  protection.                                                        1 This paper draft was originally submitted to the I nformation Privacy Law Scholars Conference, June  2010.  The author is currently revising the paper.  2      […]