Articles tagged with: privacy
In light of the recent confusion and fingerpointing regarding the extend of CarrierIQ snooping, Representative Ed Markey has released a draft of the Mobile Device Privacy Act. The intent of the proposed legislation is require that cell phone consumers …
The Washington Post is reporting that executives from CarrierIQ are meeting with the Federal Trade Commission. Although the FBI has refused to disclose how they use CarrierIQ data, the company has claimed that it has never provided any data to …
Working with his own HTC Evo phone, Trevor Eckart discovered the Carrier IQ activities. Carrier IQ responded with a cease and desist letter, which was answered with the help of the EFF. Carrier IQ withdrew the cease and …
Billing the new functionality as an easier way to tag photos, Facebook has rolled out new facial recognition support on their website. The new function groups similar faces from uploaded photos and suggests names as tags for the faces …
Ars Technica has a writeup on the advertising industry’s opposition to California Senate Bill 761. SB761 is California’s Do Not Track bill which requires advertisers not to track web users if they opt out. The letter is signed by …
The Department of Health and Human Services has levied the first monetary fine for a HIPAA violation. Cignet Health Center was fined a record $4.3 million for failing to provide access to medical records as requests. The requests from 41 …
Maryland is trying to pull a Bozeman. What’s that? Bozeman briefly tried to compel job applicants to submit their social media credentials for employment. According the the ACLU of Maryland, the State of Maryland now has a similar requirement…
Most digital cameras and cell phones embed metadata in the digital photos that they capture. Some embed the make and model of the camera. Others embed camera settings, GPS data, and other embed information that is unique to the specific …