February 21, 2006 – MichaelZimmer.org

Federal Court: Financial Institution Has No Duty To Encrypt Customer Databases

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 21, 2006in Information Law & Policy, Internet, Privacy

Bruce Schneier reports that a Federal Court has ruled that a financial institution has no duty to encrypt customer databases under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley statute. From the article:In a legal decision that could have broad implications for financial institutions, a court…

Amateur Data Mining: The Case of the Lost (Stolen) Camera

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 21, 2006in Internet, Privacy

I've blogged about the concerns with commercial data aggregation, the power of data mining, and about how "security via obscurity" no longer applies when databases are online and searchable. Here's a case showing just how easy it can be for…