Topic: Information Privacy
(Reuters) - Two leading lawmakers on privacy -- a Republican and Democrat -- have asked the Federal Trade Commission to look into MSN.com and Hulu.com's installation of cookies onto users' computers that cannot be deleted.In a letter dated on Monday, Representatives Joe ...
The Advanced Cyber Security Center will partner businesses and research universities to share threat information and develop more effective defense strategies.A collaboration among information security leaders in government, industry and academia has launched in Massachusetts with the goal of developing new data ...
(Reuters) - New technologies are flooding into the healthcare world, but the industry is not adequately prepared to protect patients from data breaches, according to a report published on Thursday.A vast majority of hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and insurers are eager to adapt ...
Beginning in October, federal agencies will be required to report on their information security posture on a monthly basis, instead of annually.Federal agencies soon will be required to report on their information security health on a monthly basis, instead of annually, according ...
(Reuters) - A proposed update of the U.S. online privacy rule for children would revise definitions of personal information and beef up parental consent mechanisms to reflect technological changes.The Federal Trade Commission plan would modify its Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule that ...
MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Florida law limiting what doctors can say about guns to their patients, saying it violated free speech protections under the Constitution.U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke in Miami granted a preliminary injunction ...
The Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011 would require businesses with data of more than 10,000 customers to implement privacy and security programs.A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday aims to quell the ever-increasing tide of data ...
Germany's consumer protection minister has warned her fellow cabinet members against using Facebook to promote their work citing data security concerns, in an internal letter obtained by Der Spiegel.In an article to be published Monday, Der Spiegel said the minister, Ilse Aigner, ...
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said they had begun investigating Samsung Card over the alleged leakage of personal information on its customers.The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said in a statement on Thursday that a Samsung Card employee was suspected of leaking ...
Two security experts duke it out over whether organizations should invest in user awareness training.FORAndy Willingham, information security officer for a financial services companyUser awareness training is vital to any successful information security program. Many security events are the result of people ...
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