This testimony by Edmund Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director (U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), from the September 19, 2002 Oversight Hearing On Financial Privacy and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act (GLBA), represented the views of member of the Privacy Coalition.
It is a detailed and well annotated chronicle of the Act’s limitations and failures in respect to protecting the privacy of personal financial data, which is routinely shared and traded within institutions, and bought and sold among institutions.
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Daily Archives: September 22, 2002
Privacy and Air Travel
Johnson Controls conducted a poll of business class frequent flyers that indicated a willingness to undergo fingerprint identification if the techology would help speed the travel process. Continue Reading
What is the Office of Legal Policy?
This DOJ Factsheet indicates that the Office of Legal Policy will play a major role in Patriot Act related issues of security, privacy and surveillance. Continue Reading
Akamai Sues Cable & Wireless Over Patents
Akamai and Cable & Wireless have been contesting ownership of a patent for disseminating and routing Internet content. Continue Reading
