EPIC Alert 17.25
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Volume 17.25 December 17, 2010
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Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
Washington, D.C.
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Table of Contents
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[1] U.S. Government Pressures Companies to Cut Off Wikileaks
[2] EPIC Submits Comments on DHS Fusion Center Proposals
[3] Congress, FTC Privacy Report Examine Possibilities of Do Not Track
[4] Briefing Schedule Announced in EPIC v. DHS, the Body Scanners Case
[5] Google's Street View Practices Face Continued Legal Scrutiny
[6] News in Brief
[7] EPIC's Holiday Wish List: Gift Ideas
[8] Upcoming Conferences and Events
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[1] U.S. Government Pressures Companies to Cut Off Wikileaks
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The release of thousands of leaked diplomatic cables by WIkileaks has
prompted the United States government to pressure Internet companies to
discontinue hosting and donation services for the organization.
Wikileaks allegedly obtained over 250,000 cables after they were leaked
by a member of the United States military.
The cables contain details about controversial activities of United
States diplomats and corporations overseas. After pressure from the
United State's officials, including Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CN),
companies such as Amazon and Tableau stopped hosting the Wikileaks
documents. Financial companies, including Visa, Mastercard, and Paypal
also bowed to government pressure and cut off Internet users' ability to
donate to Wikileaks.
In response to Internet companies' decision to cut off hosting and
donation services for Wikileaks, a large, disbursed group of hackers,
calling themselves "Anonymous"; launched a series of "Denial of Service"
attacks on sites such as Mastercard and Amazon. Anonymous, which is
unaffiliated with Wikileaks, dubbed the attacks "Operation: Payback" and
vowed to target websites of any company that tried to censor Wikileaks.
In light of the government's action, EPIC has submitted Freedom of
Information Act requests to several government agencies to determine
whether confidential donor information was improperly released by Visa,
Mastercard, or Paypal. This information concerns First Amendment
protected activity and its disclosure to the government, absent adequate
legal process, could be unlawful.
Wikileaks
http://213.251.145.96/cablegate.html
Tableau Statement Regarding Wikileaks Documents
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710wikileaks.html
Senator Lieberman and Senator Collin's Statement Regarding Wikileaks
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710lieb_collins.html
Senator Lieberman's Statement Regarding Wikileaks
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710lieb.html
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[2] EPIC Submits Comments on DHS Fusion Center Proposals
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EPIC has submitted comments to the National Protection and Programs
Directorate and the Office of Operations, two components of the
Department of Homeland Security that wish to establish the first federal
fusion center. As required by federal laws, the components published a
notice of the proposed program in the federal register and allowed
thirty days for public comment. The components also published separate
notices to announce an intention to exempt the program from key
protections in the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, including provisions
that require the government to notify an individual about whom
information is collected and to give that individual a chance to correct
any erroneous data.
Fusion centers are digital intelligence databases that compile
information on individuals from a variety of different sources,
including government agencies, private sector firms, and anonymous
tipsters. These programs often have a substantial impact on individual
privacy due limited safeguards on the accuracy and retention of the
large amounts information that they retain. Congress had suspended
funding for a similar program, Total Information Awareness, that sought
to aggregate large amounts of information on Americans suspected of no
crime.
EPIC urged the Department to comply with Privacy Act
protections and to improve accountability and oversight of the programs.
EPIC noted that "in order to preserve privacy rights, enumerated in the
U.S. Constitution and expanded on by statute, the DHS should narrow its
claimed exemptions from the Privacy Act of 1974 and provide for specific
procedures and requirements to adequately notify, inform, and protect
the American public." Among other things, EPIC specifically recommended
that the Department "provide individuals with judicially enforceable
rights of access and correction" and "limit the mission and goals of the
proposed [program] to enumerate standards to guide the collection of
information."
In the past, the federal government had continually asserted that fusion
centers were strictly state and local entities, though federal funding
and staff were provided. A 2008 Freedom of Information Act request from
EPIC to the Virginia State Police revealed that the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, as a condition to funding, had required the state fusion
center to comply with regulations restricting the disclosure of records
that would have otherwise been available to the public under state laws.
EPIC: Comments to the National Protection and Programs Directorate
http://epic.org/privacy/fusion/EPIC_re_DHS-2010-0086_0085.pdf
EPIC: Comments to the Office of Operations Coordination and Planning
http://epic.org/privacy/fusion/EPIC_re_DHS-2010-0052_0053.pdf
DHS: Local and State Fusion Centers
http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1156877184684.shtm
Privacy Act of 1974
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710privacyact.html
EPIC: Information Fusion Centers and Privacy
http://www.epic.org/privacy/fusion
EPIC: Total Information Awareness
http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/tia
EPIC v. Virginia Department of State Police (Fusion Center Secrecy Bill)
http://www.epic.org/privacy/virginia_fusion/
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[3] Congress, FTC Privacy Report Examine Possibilities of Do Not Track
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The Federal Trade Commission has released a preliminary staff report on
privacy and the Internet, following a series of public roundtable
discussions. The report recommends the establishment of a Do Not Track
mechanism, based in Internet browsers, which would enable users to
opt-out of third-party web tracking, including behavioral advertising.
The report also calls for simplified consumer privacy notices and
recommends that "companies . . . adopt a 'privacy by design' approach by
building privacy protections into their everyday business practices."
EPIC participated in the roundtable discussions preceding the report,
and submitted a statement on the privacy implications of cloud computing
and social networking. However, the Commission's report did not address
that issue. The Commission also did not consider the need for a U.S.
privacy agency, or a comprehensive federal privacy law based on "Fair
Information Practices," as EPIC and other privacy groups had urged.
Congress considered various proposals for a Do Not Track mechanism in a
hearing entitled "Do Not Track Legislation: Is Now the Right Time?" The
House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and
Consumer Protection conducted the hearing, which included witnesses from
the Department of Commerce, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer
Federation of America, TimeWarner, and Symantec.
EPIC submitted a statement to the Committee following this hearing,
recommending that Congress review the lessons learned from the history
of the Do Not Call List and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. EPIC
said that an effective Do Not Track initiative must ensure that a
consumer's decision to opt-out is "enforceable, persistent, transparent,
and simple."
FTC Privacy Report
http://ftc.gov/os/2010/12/101201privacyreport.pdf
FTC Privacy Roundtables
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/privacyroundtables/
EPIC: Statement to FTC on Cloud Computing/Social Networking
http://www.ftc.gov/os/comments/privacyroundtable/544506-00078.pdf
EPIC: Statement on Do Not Track (December 2010)
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710EPICdnt.html
House Energy and Commerce Committee: Do Not Track Hearing (December 2010)
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710house_dnt.html
National Do Not Call Registry
https://www.donotcall.gov/
Telephone Consumer Protection Act
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/TCPA-Rules.pdf
EPIC: Online Tracking and Behavioral Advertising
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710EPICtracking.html
EPIC: Federal Trade Commission
http://epic.org/privacy/internet/ftc/
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[4] Briefing Schedule Announced in EPIC v. DHS, the Body Scanners Case
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In EPIC's suit against the Department of Homeland Security to strike
down the body scanner program, the Court of Appeals has ordered a new
briefing schedule, following multiple motions by the government to delay
the case.
The court set December 23, 2010 as the government's deadline for filing
a response to EPIC's opening brief, which was filed on November 1, 2010.
EPIC's final reply brief is due on January 27, 2011.
As the case progresses, evidence continues to mount that TSA's full-body
scanners are not designed to detect certain explosives or other
low-density materials that pose a threat to airline safety. Leon Kaufman
and Joseph W. Carlson's new study finds that "Even if exposure were to
be increased significantly, normal anatomy would make a dangerous amount
of plastic explosives with tapered edges difficult, if not impossible to
detect."; Kaufman and Carlson's study examined the imaging and device
specifications of the backscatter machines to estimate the body's
penetration and exposure from the x-ray beam, as well as the machines'
sensitivity to contraband. The study also echoes concerns about the
health risks associated with the devices.
The previous Congressional spending legislation for hiring and training
screeners to implement the body scanners program expires on December 18,
2010. Lawmakers are considering an omnibus appropriations package that
will allocate approximately three billion dollars to the agency for the
purchase of an additional five thousand screeners.
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals Briefing Schedule Order
http://epic.org/Order.pdf
EPIC's Opposition to Government's Motion to Extend Filing Deadline
http://epic.org/EPIC_Opp_v.%205.pdf
Evaluation of Airport X-ray Backscatter Units
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710fbsstudy.html
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[5] Google's Street View Practices Face Continued Legal Scrutiny
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Connecticut Attorney General and Senator-elect Richard Blumenthal issued
a "civil investigative demand," similar to a subpoena, for access to the
data collected from homes and businesses in Connecticut by Google's
Street View cars. Google has been purposefully and secretively
collecting wi-fi data in thirty countries over a three-year period
through its Street View vehicles, which Google originally maintained
merely collected images. "Google's story changed," Blumenthal said,
"first claiming only fragments were collected, then acknowledging entire
emails."
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened an investigation into
Google's actions after EPIC filed a complaint asking the Commission to
investigate Google's possible violations of federal wiretap law and the
U.S. Communications Act. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently
ended its "inquiry" into Street View. Despite requests from Members of
Congress, the FTC never pursued an independent investigation of Street
View, examined the data collected by Google in the United States, or
even acknowledged the findings of other agencies. The Representatives
asked the FTC to determine whether Google's actions "form the basis of
an unfair or deceptive act or practice that constitutes harm to
consumers" and whether Google's actions are "illegal under federal law."
EPIC has requested documents from the FTC under the Freedom of
Information Act to determine the scope of inquiry and the reason it was
ended.
Google's wi-fi data collection practices have fun afoul of privacy laws
in other countries as well. The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner found
that Google had "failed to tell people that it was collecting the open
wi-fi information and what it was going to use it for." She added,
"Google also breached our privacy law when it collected the content of
people's communications."
British officials recently announced that Google's Street View wi-fi
data collection violated UK data protection laws. The UK Information
Commissioner stated, "the collection of this information was not fair or
lawful and constitutes a significant breach of the first principle of
the Data Protection Act." Google practices have also been found to
violate Canadian law, and the Spanish Data Protection Agency has filed
suit against Google for five violations of Spanish law.
Connecticut Attorney General Announcement
http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?A=2341&Q=463406
Wall Street Journal: FCC Investigation
http://www.epic.org/redirect/111910WSJ-FCC.html
EPIC: Letter to FCC (May 21, 2010)
http://www.epic.org/redirect/111910EPIC-FCC.html
FTC: Letter to Google (Oct. 27, 2010)
http://www.ftc.gov/os/closings/101027googleletter.pdf
Letter from Markey and Barton to FTC (May 19, 2010)
http://www.epic.org/redirect/111910markeyLTR.html
New Zealand Privacy Commission: Press Release
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710NZpr.html
Spanish DPA: Press Release
http://www.epic.org/redirect/102210DPApr.html
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Press Release
http://www.priv.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2010/nr-c_101019_e.cfm
EPIC: Google Street View
http://epic.org/privacy/streetview/
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[6] News in Brief
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Vermont Urges Supreme Court to Overturn Medical Privacy Decision
The State of Vermont has petitioned the Supreme Court to review a Court
of Appeals decision striking down the state's prescription
confidentiality law. The law regulates data mining companies that sell
or use doctors' prescribing records containing personal information on
patients. EPIC had filed a "friend of the court" brief in support of the
law. The decision, issued by the Second Circuit, diverged significantly
with two previous decisions upholding similar laws in the First Circuit.
Vermont's brief emphasized the importance of consistency across state
boundaries, listing twenty-six other states considering proposed
prescription confidentiality laws. The Vermont Attorney General wrote,
"As the ability to amass volumes of information about prospective
customers - including health care providers - grows, States and other
regulators need guidance as to the scope of their ability to allow
individual Americans to control access to and use of their information."
Petition for Certiorari by State of Vermont
http://epic.org/Cert%20petition%20Sorrell%20v%20%20IMS%20Health.pdf
EPIC "Friend of the Court" Brief in Second Circuit Case
http://epic.org/privacy/ims_sorrell/epic_amicus.pdf
EPIC: IMS Health v. Sorrell
http://epic.org/privacy/ims_sorrell/default.html
EPIC: IMS Health v. Ayotte
http://epic.org/privacy/imshealth/
European Union Opens Anti-Trust Investigation of Google
The European Commission announced it is investigating Google for
potential anti-trust violations. The Commission decided to initiate
formal proceedings against Google after complaints from search-service
providers "about unfavorable treatment of their services in Google's
unpaid and sponsored search results coupled with an alleged preferential
placement of Google's own services." EPIC previously filed a complaint
with the Federal Trade Commission regarding Google's proposed merger
with the advertising company DoubleClick and its implications for
consumer privacy. EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg also testified
in Congress during the review of this merger, urging the Federal Trade
Commission to establish privacy safeguards as a condition of the merger.
When the Agency approved the merger without this conditions, EPIC
charged that the Agency had "reason to act, and authority to act, but
failed to do so."
European Commission Announcement
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710EC.html
EPIC FTC Complaint (April 2007)
http://epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/epic_complaint.pdf
EPIC Senate Testimony (September 2007)
epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/epic_test_092707.pdf
EPIC Letter to FTC (December 2007)
http://epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/EPIC_statement122007.pdf
EPIC: Google/Double Click Merger
http://epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/
ACLU Publishes of Location-Based Services: Time for a Privacy Check-In
The ACLU of Northern California released a report examining privacy
considerations for mobile location-based services. Location-based
services (LBS) include navigation tools, social networking, local
searches for businesses and events, and applications linking a user's
location to other activities. Smartphones, laptops, and in-car GPS
devices, as well as other location-aware devices, can make use of LBS.
Companies offering LBS assemble significant profiles of users; the
profiles are vulnerable to privacy breaches and are highly sought by law
enforcement. In addition to the report, the ACLU of Northern California
provides a side-by-side comparison of the most popular LBSs (Foursquare,
Facebook Places, Yelp, Gowall, Twitter and Loopt). They urge Congress to
update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to better
protect consumers from the significant risks associated with LBS.
ACLU of Northern California
http://www.aclunc.org/index.shtml
LBS Report: "Location-Based Services: Time for a Privacy Check-In"
http://dotrights.org/sites/default/files/lbs-white-paper.pdf
Location-Based Services: Side-by-Side Comparison
http://dotrights.org/sites/default/files/lbs-comparison.pdf
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
http://www.usiia.org/legis/ecpa.html
EPIC: Locational Privacy
http://epic.org/privacy/location_privacy/default.html
EPIC: Commonwealth v. Connolly
http://epic.org/privacy/connolly/default.html
Healthcare Technology Panel Releases Report on Medical Privacy
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology has
released a report entitled "Realizing the Full Potential of Health
Information Technology to Improve Healthcare for Americans: The Path
Forward." The report culls advice from industry and technology experts,
privacy groups, healthcare professionals and other experts to offer
recommendations for adoption of a "universal exchange language" allowing
health care professionals to gain real-time access to patient data while
maximizing privacy protections and patient control. Among other
recommendations, the report suggests embedding privacy rules, policies
and patient preferences in the metadata that will travel with patient
records as they are exchanged. The Council further recommends that
patient records be protected by regulation and criminal law as technical
protections alone would not provide sufficient security against misuse.
The report finds that the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) insufficiently protects patient privacy and
control, in part because most patients do not fully understand their
rights under the Act.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/pcast/about
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Report
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710PCAST.html
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996
https://www.cms.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/Downloads/HIPAALaw.pdf
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Health Information Privacy
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/index.html
EPIC: Medical Record Privacy
http://epic.org/privacy/medical/
DOJ Agrees to Minimize Information in National Security Letters
The Department of Justice has volunteered to implement civil liberties
protections that Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) originally requested as
amendments to the USA Patriot Act Reauthorization Bill. According to the
Attorney General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation will minimize the
collection, use, and storage of information derived from National
Security Letters. The minimization measure was approved in committee,
but had not yet cleared the full Senate when Sen. Leahy advised the
Attorney General that he could voluntarily adopt many of the reforms
even without Congressional action. The Attorney General then sent a
letter to the Senator to announce that the Bureau has formalized the
procedures. After receiving the letter on December 9, 2010, Senator
Leahy praised the move.
Letter from Attorney General to Senator Patrick Leahy
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710leahy.html
S. 1692: U.S. PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension of 2009
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710s1692.html
EPIC: National Security Letters
http://epic.org/privacy/nsl/
EPIC FOIA Request Reveals DOJ Security Lapses and Impairment
EPIC has published government records it retrieved under a Freedom of
Information Act request. The request sought all documents relating to an
Intelligence Oversight Board audit of the FBI. The disclosure reveals
failures to secure sensitive information stored on the Bureau's
classified network and failures comply with Department of Justice
oversight. Chief among the incidents discussed in the audit is a
reported security breach by a clerical support employee at the Bureau.
At the request of two supervisory special agents, the unnamed employee
distributed classified documents "to 126 email recipients, both within
and outside of the FBI." The audit also contains numerous reports of
failures to comply with reporting requirements. The audit report
considers those failures to have substantial impaired DOJ oversight of
certain FBI investigations. The report states "[w]here, as here, there
is no notice whatsoever of the existence of the investigation, there can
be no oversight."
Intelligence Oversight Board Matter 2007-2099
http://epic.org/FOIA%20Doc%201.pdf
Intelligence Oversight Board Mattes 2008-102, 2008-128 to 2008-136
http://epic.org/FOIA%20Doc%202.pdf
EPIC: Open Government
http://epic.org/open_gov/
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[7] EPIC's Holiday Wish List: Gift Ideas
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The Insider, Reece Hirsch
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710TheInsider.html
Fast-paced thriller featuring a San Francisco law firm, a crypto
company, the NSA, the Russian mafia, and a former EPIC clerk.
The Social Network (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) (2010)
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710TheSocialNetwork.html
You've seen the movie. Now see it again. And then check your privacy
settings.
Fair Game, Valerie Plame Wilson
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710FairGame.html
Imagine what fun Dick Cheney might have had with Wikileaks.
RADTriage 2.0 Personal Radiation Detector
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710RadDetector.html
A U.S. Military-grade personal radiation detector that instantly detects
radiation exposure in the event of a dirty bomb, nuclear reactor
accident and other sources of radiation. This always-on wallet
card/badge radiation detector does not require batteries or calibration.
The white sensor bar instantly turns blue when it detects harmful levels
of radiation. The darker the sensor bar turns, the higher the radiation
dose. (Amazon.com)
Privacy: The Game
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710PrivacyGame.html
A Ballot Box of Fun! This secret ballot game will keep you guessing so
vote early and vote often! Players vote by answering a question and
placing a Yes or No reply disc in the secret envelope and dropping it
into the ballot box. Honesty counts, so answer truthfully. Then predict
how many Yes answers are in the box. Guessing the correct number or
coming closest to it wins you big points. So get out and rock the vote!
(Amazon.com)
ScreenGuardZ 4-Way Privacy Screen Protector for iPhone 4
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710IphoneScreenGuard.html
Keep those prying eyes away from your iPhone . . .
Privacy Screen Filter for Blackberry Bold 9000
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710BlackberryScreenGuard.html
. . . and your Blackberry.
Photo Radar Blocker License Plate Privacy Cover
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710LicenseCover.html
Blocks the photo radar camera from seeing your license plate number from
cameras along the side of the road. (Amazon.com)
Don't Touch My Junk! TSA X-Ray T-Shirt
http://www.epic.org/redirect/121710XRayShirt.html
Display prominently in airports and other places where TSA agents may be
found.
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This annual report by EPIC and Privacy International provides an
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This resource promotes a dialogue on the issues, the outcomes, and the
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Subscribe to EPIC FOIA Notes at:
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[8] Upcoming Conferences and Events
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"Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection Conference European Data
Protection: In Good Health?" Brussels, Belgium, 25-28 January 2011. For
More Information: http://www.cpdpconferences.org/.
"The Tenth Workshop on Economics of Information Security." The George
Mason University, 14-15 June 2011. For More Information:
http://weis2011.econinfosec.org/index.html.
"Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2011." Georgetown Law Center,
Washington D.C., 14-16 June 2011. For More Information:
http://www.cfp2010.org/wiki/index.php/Announcement_of_CFP_2011.
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