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Lawmakers Prod FCC to Act on SIM Swapping

January 9, 2020 admin Ajit Pai, anna eshoo, edward markey, FCC, Michael Terpin, Nicholas Truglia, Ron Wyden, sherrod brown, SIM swapping, ted lieu, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, yvette clarke

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 19:44:55 +0000

Crooks have stolen tens of millions of dollars and other valuable commodities from thousands of consumers via “SIM swapping,” a particularly invasive form of fraud that involves tricking a target’s mobile carrier into transferring someone’s wireless service to a device they control. But the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the entity responsible for overseeing wireless industry practices, has so far remained largely silent on the matter. Now, a cadre of Senate lawmakers is demanding to know what, if anything, the agency might be doing to track and combat SIM swapping.

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Maine inches closer to shutting down ISP pay-for-privacy schemes

June 5, 2019 admin ACLU of Maine, AT&T, comcast, Data Privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, Facebook, google, GWI, internet service provider, ISP, L.D. 946, LD 946, Maine, Maine State Chamber of Commerce, pay-for-privacy, privacy, Ron Wyden, Senator Ron Wyden, Spectrum, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Wyden

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Unlike a data privacy proposal in the US and a new data privacy law in California, the Maine data privacy bill aimed at Internet Service Providers (ISPs) explicitly shuts down any pay-for-privacy schemes.

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Privacy

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US Congress proposes comprehensive federal data privacy legislation—finally

March 28, 2019 admin Amy Klobuchar, Brian Schatz, California Consumer Privacy Act, CDT, Center for Democracy and Technology, comprehensive data privacy law, comprehensive data privacy legislation, Consumer Data Protection Act, data broker, Data Care Act, Data Dissemination Act, Data Privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, federal legislation, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Klobuchar, Marco Rubio, privacy, Ron Wyden, Rubio, Schatz, Senator, statewide legislation, Wyden

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The United States might be the only country of its size to lack a comprehensive data privacy law protecting its citizens’ online lives. That could change this year.

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Privacy

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Will pay-for-privacy be the new normal?

February 27, 2019 admin Amy Klobuchar, Brian Schatz, California, California Consumer Privacy Act, Consumer Data Protection Act, Consumer Privacy Act, Credo, Credo Mobile, DuckDuckGo, duty to care, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Florida, GDPR, google, Hawaii, human right, Marco Rubio, Minnesota, Oregon, pay-for-privacy, privacy, protonmail, Ron Wyden, targeted ads, targeted advertising, Twitter

Credit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:04:22 +0000

As the US considers new data privacy laws, at least two new proposals include calls to exchange money for privacy—an unwelcome bargain for users. Before pay-for-privacy becomes law, privacy as a right should become industry practice.

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Privacy

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Internet Activists Urge Congress to Fire Trump’s FCC Chief Ajit Pai

September 29, 2017 admin Ajit Pai, Democrats, FCC regulation, net neutrality, Ron Wyden

Credit to Author: Sam Gustin| Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:31:41 +0000

Democratic senators are showing a remarkable display of opposition.

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New Bill Seeks Basic IoT Security Standards

August 1, 2017 admin Aaron Swartz, Berklett Cybersecurity Project, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, CDT, Center for Democracy & Technology, CFAA abuse, computer fraud and abuse act, Cory Gardner, Department of Homeland Security, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, Harvard University, IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017, IoT devices, Mark Warner, Mozilla, Other, Ron Wyden, Steve Daines

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:32:47 +0000

Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate today introduced a bill that would set baseline security standards for the government’s purchase and use of a broad range of Internet-connected devices, including computers, routers and security cameras. The legislation, which also seeks to remedy some widely-perceived shortcomings in existing cybercrime law, was developed in direct response to a series of massive cyber attacks in 2016 that were fueled for the most part by poorly-secured “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices.