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Scrutiny on Payment Card Data Pass
On April 27, Visa announced a new rule to expressly restrict online marketers from sharing cardholder information to other companies without the consumer’s knowledge or active consent – a practice referred to as “data…
Representative Boucher Introduces Privacy Legislation
On May 4, 2010, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), the House Energy and Commerce Communications, Technology, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman, and Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee,…
Another Missive from the Data Breach Front: Remote Risk of Identity Theft Does Not Confer Standing in Allison v. Aetna
Allison v. Aetna, Inc., a recent opinion out of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, adds to the burgeoning area of law that holds when a plaintiff fails to allege an actual injury resulting from a data breach, but…
FTC Plans for Internet Privacy Framework
This post was written by Alysa Z. Hutnik . On Tuesday, April 26, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it intends to develop Internet privacy guidelines. The guidelines will examine social…
UPDATE: Data Breaches on the Rise in 2010
Updating a previous post regarding the rise last year in the number of data breaches involving customers’ personal information in the general business sector, the numbers of these breaches for the first third of…