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Harnessing “Big Data” to Create Value

By Craig A. Hoffman on June 2, 2011 Posted in Behavioral Advertising, Mobile Privacy

In the wake of the recent breaches at Epsilon and Sony and the scrutiny Apple and Google are facing for their geolocation data tracking practices, there has been little media focus on the benefits of data collection and analysis. Indeed, most of the coverage has been trained on proposed legislation and new regulations that would … Continue Reading

Noteworthy Data Privacy and Information Security Events in 2010

By Craig A. Hoffman on December 31, 2010 Posted in Behavioral Advertising, Breach Notification, Data Breach Notification Laws, Enforcement, Federal Legislation, Financial Privacy, HIPAA/HITECH, Information Security, Medical Privacy, Online Privacy

The two events that drew the most attention in 2010, both of which occurred at year-end, were reports from the FTC and the Department of Commerce. Below is a brief summary of those two reports and other issues drawing attention in the past year: (1) FTC Issues Long-Awaited Consumer Privacy Policy Report On December 1, … Continue Reading