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An Expected Harm Approached To Compensating Consumers For Unauthorized Information Disclosures, Rachel Yoo
An Expected Harm Approached To Compensating Consumers For Unauthorized Information Disclosures, Rachel Yoo
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
On May 22, 2007, the Executive Office of the President of the United States issued a memorandum concerned with safeguarding personal information, which first defined the term “personally identifiable information” as follows:
[I]nformation which can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, such as their name, social security number, biometric records, etc. alone, or when combined with other personal or identifying information which is linked or linkable to a specific individual, such as date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, etc.
Consumer Privacy, James M. Mccauley
Consumer Privacy, James M. Mccauley
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
Pretty scary. This whole business of technology and privacy. I don't know about you but it makes me think about that John Grimes song where he wanted to blow up the TV, throw away the paper, and move to the country. I think that there are probably some things that we can do and that we cannot do. One of the things that comes to mind in listening to my colleagues talk about the shutdown of the dotcoms, last year Congress overhauled the 65 year prohibition against insurance companies not being permitted to get involved in financial services and banking. …
Consumer Privacy On The Internet, Andrew Shen
Consumer Privacy On The Internet, Andrew Shen
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
If we do not bear the loss of this privacy then the prices would be passed along to consumers anyway. We're between a rock and a hard place there's nowhere that we can go. But I think we can be more optimistic than that and I think we can preserve privacy and I think we can further growth of electronic commerce. So let me begin with the consumer perspective. I would like to start with a trend that Mike has already done a good job of starting us out on, and that is the current popularity of personalization and customization. …