At a hearing before the European Parliament on January 21, 2008, EPIC President Marc Rotenberg testified (pdf) that the European Commission must
establish privacy safeguards because the US Federal Trade Commission failed to do so (pdf) during the US merger review.
Not exact matches
School systems across the country are
establishing new practices to
safeguard data, such as Maryland's Howard County Public Schools, which created the position of data -
privacy coordinator to oversee the district's data activities.
As the OPC noted in its findings, the documentation of
privacy and security practices can itself be part of
establishing security
safeguards.
In addition to the
privacy rule, the HIPAA security rule
establishes administrative and technical
safeguards specifically covering «electronic protected health information» (ePHI).
In 1997, Congress enacted the Balanced Budget Act (Public Law 105 - 34), which added language to the Social Security Act (18 U.S.C. 1852) to require Medicare + Choice organizations to
establish safeguards for the
privacy of individually identifiable patient information.
There also has been recent legislative activity on
establishing legal
safeguards for the
privacy of individuals» Social Security numbers, and calls for regulation of on - line
privacy in general.
In the complaint, EPIC asks the FTC to investigate Facebook, determine the extent of the harm to consumer
privacy and safety, require Facebook to cease collection and use of users» biometric data without their affirmative opt - in consent, require Facebook to give users meaningful control over their personal information,
establish appropriate security
safeguards, and limit the disclosure of user information to third parties.
We have
established this
Privacy Policy to communicate what information we collect and how that information is used and
safeguarded.