One of the privacy cases that I covered over the last 5+ years on PogoWasRight.org concerned the government’s ability to require extensive background checks on employees and employees of contractors. That case, NASA v. Nelson, was eventually decided by the Supreme Court in January 2011. EPIC had filed an amicus brief in the case on…
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“The Haley Effect?”
In response to my post yesterday about Governor Haley’s repeated mis-statements, Centennial Man writes: Perhaps we have a new meme to complement the Streisand Effect. The Haley Effect is the repeated attempt by politicians to convince voters that they know something when they clearly do not… There’s always room for a good meme. The Haley…
IRS says states must encrypt electronic tax records; Governor Haley attempts to extricate her feet from her mouth (UPDATED)
UPDATE: See comment by Don Moffett below this post who notes that the Governor was actually correct and the IRS’s statement is incorrect. Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina should stop talking about the massive databreach at the Department of Revenue and let someone who actually knows something about data security speak for the state….
So much tax refund fraud…. and so much we don’t find out about
As I’ve noted here and on PHIprivacy.net a number of times, sometimes the only way we seem to find out about breaches is when government attorneys issue press releases that refer to breaches. Often, such press releases lack the kind of details we need to help us understand what type of breach occurred, how many…
Facebook condemns European data protection fines
Antony Savvas reports that Facebook is warning EU data protectors that companies may start court battles if they are fined 2% of their global turnover for a data breach. They also raise a host of other concerns and objections to the draft proposal. Facebook’s response to the draft regulations was obtained under a freedom of information…
Experian defends security protocols while investigations into its data security grow
It seems that Experian is trying to defend its data security following Jordan Robertson’s report on dozens of breaches involving compromised client logins. Jordan’s report was based on dozens of breach reports compiled by DataLossDB.org and yours truly, who filed a complaint with the FTC about Experian’s breaches back in April. Pat Dulnier reports on Experian’s defense,…