Jon Leibowitz (FTC) : “Last December, FTC staff issued a draft privacy report reimagining how we can protect consumers in an increasingly digital and mobile age; we expect to put out a final version of that report in the next month or so. The preliminary report recommended that companies build privacy into their […]
FTC Will Propose Broader Children’s Online Privacy Safeguards
24 December 2011 by
Speaking at a Dec. 15 Capitol Hill forum on children’s and teens’ online privacy, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz said that the agency is recommending that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) expand the definition of personally identifiable information.
Leibowitz explained that he supports expanding the definition of “personally identifiable information” to include […]
Senate Hearings Focus on Lack of HIPAA Enforcement, Final HITECH Rule
22 December 2011 by
Rachel Grunberger writes: The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and Law recently held a hearing to discuss federal enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology …
Study: Millennials prefer sharing over ownership
22 December 2011 by
The idea of sharing things instead of owning them goes against everything we’ve been taught as a consumeristic society. Those who have spent their lives “keeping up with the Jones’” may find it hard to suddenly relinquish their death-grip on idea that owning things is the path toward happiness. But younger generations, poised to inherit […]