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 […]
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FTC Will Propose Broader Children’s Online Privacy Safeguards
24 December 2011 by
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 […]
Five lessons from the best interaction designs of 2011
22 December 2011 by
Frog’s Robert Fabricant breaks down the themes from the 2011 Interaction Design Awards. “Technologies like cheap sensors and cloud computing are increasingly being used to augment our daily lives in both magical and mundane ways. Everything we do is an app in the making (a million and counting). But in this environment we are also […]