In a move toward implementation of the EU e-Privacy Directive, on November 3, 2010, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs submitted a bill to the Dutch Parliament that would amend the Dutch Telecommunications Act to obligate telecom and internet service providers to provide notification of data security breaches, and require consent for the use of cookies (the…
Category: Legislation
Smaller companies challenged to comply with Massachusetts’ data privacy rules
Jill Gambon reports: Eight months after the state’s tough, new data privacy regulations went into effect, many businesses are still sorting through the rules and working to bring their firms into compliance. The regulations, which went into force in March, are intended to protect a consumer’s personal information from identity theft and other privacy breaches…
New FTC portal to assist businesses in complying with privacy and security laws
From the FTC’s press release: The Federal Trade Commission has a new Business Center at Business.ftc.gov that gives business owners, attorneys, and marketing professionals the tools they need to understand and comply with the consumer protection laws, rules, and guides the FTC enforces. The Business Center provides practical, plain-language guidance about advertising, credit, telemarketing, privacy, and a host…
Proposed S.3898 Amendment to the Electronic Fund Transfer Act Would Shift Risk of Loss to Banks
Richard L. Santalesa writes: Just a step below widows and orphans on the sympathy scale, at least when it comes to ripoffs and theft, sit school districts, boards and local municipalities. And in a era of tight budgets, when school districts are robbed of tax monies from halfway around the world via ACH/wire fraud, state…
India amends telecom rules over security fears
India’s Department of Telecommunications has amended the telecom licensing rules for national and international long-distance operators, asking them to address security concerns on their networks. Telecom companies offering national and international long-distance communications services must now have a “well-outlined organizational policy on security and security management of their networks and shall be completely and totally…
Designing an Insecure Internet
Julian Sanchez also responds to the morning’s biggest story: If there were any doubt that the 90s are back in style, witness the Obama administration’s attempt to reignite the Crypto Wars by seeking legislation that would force Internet services to redesign their networks and products to provide a centralized mechanism for decrypting user communications. It cannot be stressed…