In a meeting last week with federal regulators, the advertising and technology industry announced it would support a “Do Not Track” policy that would allow consumers to manage their online privacy settings. This support comes after intense pressure from both the Obama Administration and Congress, on adopting a universal privacy bill of rights. According to […]
The debate on “regulating the Internet” has become more prevalent over the past few weeks. The Federal Trade Commission, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon, and now the White House have all sent indications to the private sector that regulating the Internet may be inevitable if data security and privacy standards are […]
Ms. Patricia Ross, head of the mobile technology unit at the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), was quoted last week in The New York Times as urging mobile technology firms, who build applications for smartphones, to build security into their products from the beginning of development, not after a “privacy debacle” has occured. The direct message to the […]
A report by The Wall Street Journal today highlights the lack of attention corporate executives at the telecom device-maker, Nortel Networks, paid towards internal controls after it was discovered that, for over a decade, their corporate infrastructure had been illegally infiltrated by foreign agents. As early as 2000, hackers apparently obtained the passwords of seven top officials […]
The hacktavist organization known as Anonymous recently posted on its website a “hacked” 16-minute conference call between the F.B.I. and other foreign agencies, including Scotland Yard. Officials at the F.B.I. state that the call was “intercepted,” as opposed to “hacked.” According to the F.B.I., an e-mail had been sent “on Jan. 13 to more than three dozen people at the […]