On February 12, 2009, the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation issued a revised version of its information security regulations and extended the compliance deadline from May 1, 2009 to January 1, 2010. This is the second time Massachusetts has extended the deadline; previously, the deadline was changed to May 1, 2009 in consideration of the economic climate. Read more…
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Privacy News- Malaysia advised to have privacy officers February 11, 2012KUALA LUMPUR: New Zealand's Assistant Privacy Commissioner Katrine Evans has suggested that Malaysia have privacy officers to implement the data protection law. She said a privacy officer is the person in an agency who can understand its business and, at... […]
- NH House may study bill on cellphone privacy February 11, 2012CONCORD, N.H.New Hampshire's House may study whether it makes sense to make police get a warrant to extract information from cellphones and GPS devices.The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee is recommending that the House look deeper into... […]
- 150 at USF to be tested for tuberculosis February 11, 20121:57 p.m. EST, February 11, 2012... […]
- 150 at USF to be tested for TB February 11, 2012TAMPA, Fla. -- About 150 people at the University of South Florida will be tested for tuberculosis after a student is believed to have come down with the illness.The Hillsborough County Health Department reports the ill student has been placed in... […]
- A dead baby was failed by many in the case of Gabrielle Crawford February 11, 2012What his mother did; what the child protection network was supposed to prevent; what medical science is supposed to treat all eventually succumbed to neglect, rules and regulations and eventually to the grave.It's a toss-up as to what is more amazing ?... […]
- Internet laws a sledgehammer approach to privacy February 11, 2012Legislators with little knowledge of internet privacy will do more harm than good.THE protest against the American Stop Online Piracy Act recently, where Wikipedia and 7000 other websites went dark for 24 hours, made two things plain.First, online... […]
- Google privacy policy does not violate settlement with US regulators February 11, 2012WASHINGTON: Internet search giant Google has claimed that the upcoming changes in its privacy policy do not violate a settlement it struck with US consumer protection agency last year. Google told the in a self-assessment report that the new policy is... […]
- Eircom faces legal action over theft of unencrypted laptops February 11, 2012EIRCOM is likely to become the first company ever to be prosecuted for not protecting sensitive customer information following the theft of three unencrypted company laptops.If prosecuted and found guilty, the company could face fines of up to 500,000.... […]
- Netflix settlement trims 14 pct off 4Q earnings February 11, 2012SAN FRANCISCO -; Netflix pressed the rewind button on its fourth-quarter earnings after settling allegations that the video subscription service violated a consumer-privacy law. Accounting for the $9 million settlement resulted in a 14 percent decrease... […]
- Netflix Pays $9 Million To Settle Video Privacy Lawsuit February 11, 2012ContentNext Media Index NetFlix, Inc. Pandora Media Stock Market XML and JSON Data API provided by FinancialContent Services, Inc. Nasdaq quotes delayed at least 15 minutes, all others at least 20 minutes. Markets are closed on certain holidays. Stock... […]
- Malaysia advised to have privacy officers February 11, 2012