A sampling of privacy news from Data Privacy Day

Whether it’s coincidence or intentional, with January 28 being Data Privacy Day in the U.S. and Data Protection Day in Europe, there was a lot going on in information privacy. The single most consistent focus of…

Federal courts again dismiss claims related to NSA warrantless wiretapping

In the latest setback for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and its efforts to hold the National Security Agency accountable for its mass surveillance of phone calls and emails, a federal district court dismissed with prejudice two…

Privacy law in the 21st century: due for an update?

In honor of Data Protection Day (tomorrow, January 28) and its “Think Privacy” theme, let’s turn our attention to a few current efforts to bring legislated privacy requirements into the 21st century. In Europe, privacy watchers…

If you build it, will anyone come?

In all the discussion about health information exchange and electronic health records and establishing trust among public and private sector organizations, what’s often lost is the voice of the consumer. The goal of widespread EHR adoption…

Microsoft pushing hard on privacy in the cloud

Whether due to clever marketing objectives or to its stated commitment to making privacy a core consideration for its products and services, there’s no denying Microsoft is emphasizing privacy across multiple dimensions. Taking center stage this…

China’s not the only country that reads email

The follow letter was written in response to an editorial published in the January 14 edition of the Washington Post: Regarding the editorial “Google vs. China” in the January 14 edition of the Washington Post, the…

China, Google, privacy and security

With the widely reported attacks on Google and other companies doing business in China and Google’s planned and threatened actions in response, opinions are coming fast and furious on all sides, although official statements from U.S….