The Privacy Coalition is a nonpartisan coalition of consumer, civil liberties, educational, family, library, labor, and technology organizations that have agreed to the Privacy Pledge. Members of the coalition have been meeting since 1995, but formalized the organization in February 2001. View a list of member organizations.
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FTC Chair Speaks with Privacy Coalition at June Meeting
July 15, 2008William Kovacic, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, participated in the Privacy Coalition's June 2008 meeting. Emily Andrew, Chief Privacy Officer with the US Postal Service also met with the coalition at the same meeting.
Posted by EPIC on July 15, 2008 | TrackBack(0)
Guest Speaker Chair of the Election Assistance Commission
July 2, 2008Rosemary Rodriguez, the Chair of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) met with the Privacy Coalition to talk about transparency and privacy in public elections. The chair of the EAC spoke at the April meeting of the Privacy Coalition.
Posted by EPIC on July 2, 2008 | TrackBack(0)
Medical ID Theft Threatens Finances and Lives
June 5, 2008Medical identity theft adds a new twist to identity theft by potential creating not only financial problems, but health risks. The theft of health insurance coverage to obtain health care can add erroneous information to the health records of victims. These changes to health records may go unnoticed, if ever detected, for years before they are caught. Medical treatment might also be negatively impacted by the theft of medical insurance by medical identity thieves. Proposals to create e-transfers of medical records may also add problems for securing the information from unauthorized use.
Medical ID Theft can injure finances, endanger lives, Dallas Morning News, June 2, 2008
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President Signs Genetic Nondiscrimination Act
May 30, 2008President Bush has signed in law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. The Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. However, the Act does not address the privacy risks associated with the collection and storage of electronic health records. Genetic Privacy is one of the more recent additions to the list of privacy rights.
Posted by EPIC on May 30, 2008 | TrackBack(0)
Computers Freedom and Privacy Holds 18th Annual Meeting
The 18th Annual Computers Freedom and Privacy meeting was in New Haven Connecticut May 20-24, 2008. The theme of this year's meeting was Technology Policy 08 and featured discussions on e-Deceptive Campaign Practices; Social Networks and User Generated Content; and New Challenges for Spyware Policy. CFP 2008 is focused on technology policy, noting "This election year will be the first to address US technology policy in the information age as part of our national debate."
Posted by EPIC on May 30, 2008 | TrackBack(0)
Privacy.org headlines
DOJ Announces Plan to Weaken Privacy Rule on Databases (Jan. 1, 1970)
TSA Amasses Secret Database on Air Travelers (Jan. 1, 1970)
Credit Card Thieves Used Knowledge of Retail Computer Networks (Jan. 1, 1970)
TSA Reports Loss of Registered Traveler Data (Jan. 1, 1970)
Washington State Supreme Court Rules in Support of Privacy (Jan. 1, 1970)
AOL Sued for the Names of Bloggers Critical of Memphis Police Leadership (Jan. 1, 1970)
GMail Flaw Exposes Personal Information (Jan. 1, 1970)
Popular Color Printers May Enable Surveillance (Jan. 1, 1970)