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[…] to harm consumers as well as software and online service providers. Interoperability in practice is often difficult and costly, yet the draft Regulation appears to mandate new code from software and service providers.  In addition, the draft Regulation ignores years of wisdom from antitrust law about how to address lock-in problems – the high […]

[…] Networked World,” released on February 23, 2012.  As a reaction to both events, the Federal Smart Grid Task Force will “facilitate a multistakeholder process to develop a Voluntary Code of Conduct (VCC) for utility and third parties providing consumer energy use services.” Those that are interested in joining this multi-stakeholder process can attend the first […]

The Future of Privacy Forum & World Privacy Forum’s briefing on the Mobile App Ecosystem will be held on September 13th at 4PM EST. This briefing is intended to further the NTIA-convened multistakeholder efforts to create a code of conduct for mobile application transparency. Details for the event can be found here.  

The schedule for the next seven NTIA Multistakeholder Meetings to develop a consumer data privacy code of conduct concerning mobile application transparency was recently posted to the Federal Register (pdf). The meetings will be held in the Auditorium of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. Any updates […]

[…] Mr. Strickling emphasized his goal of achieving broad participation from industry representatives, civil society, and academics in an effort to establish quality, credibility, and acceptance of the code of conduct established during the multistakeholder process. With reference to facilitating consensus, Mr. Stickling cited the use of a professional facilitator to help “set a plan” […]

[…] consent .” Finally, the code provides considerable ‘practical advice’ about various anonymisation techniques. The code, which does not in itself have the force of law, endeavors to promote the uses of anonymisation and establishes the responsibilities and good practices that “any data controller who is involved in the production or publication of anonymised information” […]

[…] support for creating a national standard for security breach notification, which would replace the state breach notification laws that are currently enacted in 47 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.  The Administration noted that the “patchwork of State laws creates significant burdens for companies without much countervailing benefit for consumers.”

PrivacyChoice CEO and FPF Advisory Board member Jim Brock announced a new privacy resource center for app developers at today’s Online Trust Alliance 2011 Forum. Features include PrivacyChoice’s Policymaker tool, sample templates, code resources, and other guidance. Read more about the center here.

[…] law ever to limit the use of personal information and the first ever to require erasure of outdated negative information. Thereafter policymakers in the U.S. developed the Code of Information Practice, complementing and drawing from the codes being developed in Scandinavia and Germany. A federal law in the U.S. in 1974 protected student information […]

[…] impose on third parties with whom they contract with either to perform utility functions or to enable customer monitoring of energy usage information.  See Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 8380.  Based on those provisions, the PUC concluded that it had authority to enact rules relating to third parties that contract with utilities. The PUC […]