From the free content section of the April 21 WSJ, A Cottage Industry Blooms To Help Victims of ID Theft examines the costs and range of services offered by companies who market assistance to victims of online or offline ID theft. In addition, potential red flags about, and the limitations to, these services are noted.
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Daily Archives: April 20, 2005
Senate Intelligence Cmte. Hearing on PATRIOT Act
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Hearing on the USA PATRIOT Act, April 19, 2005. Links to testimony. Continue Reading
Vendor of Background Check Data Now Notifies Targets of Probe
According to Wired, the instant criminal background check database owned by ChoicePoint called Rapsheets is now in compliance with Fair Credit Reporting Act requirements to provide individuals with notification regarding the review of their data by prospective employers. Continue Reading
NY AG Proposes Range of Legislative Initiatives to Protect Consumers Against ID Theft
Press release, April 1, 2005: Spitzer Calls for Regulation of Information Brokers and Increased Penalties for Computer Hacking. Note – links to the text of the proposed legislation, in PDF, are available via this press release, and highlights include the following: Providing identity theft victims better control over their personal identifying information, including: allowing for… Continue Reading
DHS IT Infrastructure Requires Significant Improvement According to GAO
Homeland Security: Overview of Department of Homeland Security Management Challenges, GAO-05-573T, April 20, 2005. Highlights. “..DHS’s transformation remains a high-risk area. DHS faces a number of management challenges to improve its ability to carry out its homeland security missions. Among these challenges are providing focus for management efforts; monitoring transformation and integration; improving strategic planning;… Continue Reading
Online Collection and Dissemination of Personal Data Proliferates
This sfgate.com article highlights two important privacy related issues with an online nexus. First, the use of web bugs (also called web beacons) to collect personal data on individuals using free software applications for federal tax e-filings to which they have been steered by the IRS. Second, in the continually expanding saga of what have… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Justice Kennedy in the Headlines
DeLay Outlines Strategy Against Federal Judges: “Representative Tom DeLay, the House majority leader, sharply criticized Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court on Tuesday and said the House Judiciary Committee would explore what the authors of the Constitution intended when they said federal judges hold their post on the basis of good behavior.” Related… Continue Reading
