Part of state's financial privacy law upheld
A federal appeals court reinstated part of California's financial privacy law Thursday, allowing consumers to prevent banks from sharing information with affiliated companies about a customer's savings account or buying habits.
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Public-data site under fire for planned sale -- chicagotribune.com
A public-records web site operated by a group of county officials has confirmed it was trying to sell information that includes Social Security numbers to a real estate database company.
The site, IowaLandRecords.org, said Wednesday it negotiated selling its database and ongoing updates for about $11,750 a month to Data Tree, a company that manages more than 4 billion records nationwide.
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Do Social Networks Bring the End of Privacy?: Scientific American
Young people share the most intimate details of personal life on social-networking Web sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, portending a realignment of the public and the private
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PC World - Business Center: Momentum Building for US Privacy Policy
Privacy advocates in Washington, D.C., have been busy in recent months.
Groups such as the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) have sounded alarms on several privacy-related issues before the U.S. Congress and federal agencies.
CDT, more recently joined by Microsoft and Google, has long pushed Congress to pass comprehensive privacy legislation that would set the ground rules for businesses that handle personal information. Several lawmakers have recently called for a broad privacy law.
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Privacy watchdog may get powers to raid - ZDNet.co.uk
The UK's privacy watchdog could get new powers to raid organisations under government proposals to "sharpen its teeth".
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At the Uneasy Intersection of Bloggers and the Law - NYTimes.com
There is no better way to get a blogger talking than by telling him what he cannot publish — although you might forgive a government prosecutor for thinking otherwise.
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Businesses Falling Short of Privacy Laws - business - privacy laws
Businesses Falling Short of Privacy Laws, Law and Taxation Article - Shredding consumer data isn't enough under tougher federal and state requirements, experts say.
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CSO Disclosure Series | Data Breach Notification Laws, State By State - CSO Online - Security and Risk
Five years after California's landmark SB 1386, our interactive map shows you which 38 states have passed laws requiring companies to notify consumers whose personal information has been compromised. Part of an in-depth series about disclosing security breaches.
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