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White House Releases Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Draft Legislation
On Saturday the 28th, Japan time, the U.S. White House released its draft Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act [1]. This turns the previously announced Consumer Privacy Bill of Righ…
Seminar: Practical Privacy Protection for Companies—The Act on the Protection of Personal Information Is No Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card
Tomorrow, 3/2, at OpenID BizDay #8, we will hold a roundtable discussion on “Practical Privacy Protection Considerations for Companies,” with Professor Masatomo Suzuki of Niigata U…
NSA and GCHQ Had Secretly Taken SIM Keys in Massive Quantities
According to a report by The Intercept on 2015/2/19 local time [1], the NSA and GCHQ had stolen large quantities of keys (Ki) stored on SIMs shipped by Gemalto. As a result, interc…
Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer: “Consumer Distrust Is Hindering the Development of the Personalized Internet.” “Give People Control over Their Data!”
This is slightly old news, but did it receive coverage in Japan? It concerns remarks by Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer about handling personal data that directly contradict recent claims…
On the Night Candidate Hiwatashi Lost the Saga Gubernatorial Election, I Am Writing Anyway about How Brilliant Seiya Ueno Is. But What Really Matters Is…
Candidate Hiwatashi, who attracted attention through an online campaign to defeat him and other controversy, lost the Saga gubernatorial election. It was an unexpected defeat despi…
“Do We Really Need Consent?” – WirelessWire News
I appeared in WirelessWire News. “Do We Really Need Consent?” – WirelessWire News. To add a little clarification, what I meant was the following: “Explicit consent” is “unnec…
Public Review of XACML v3.0 Privacy Policy Profile Version 1.0
The 15-day public review period for the Committee Specification Draft (CSD) of eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) begins on 11/12. This draft specification is intend…
Guidelines for Providing Information and Explanations with Due Consideration for Consumer Privacy in Online Services Have Been Formulated (METI/Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
The guidelines that I helped develop as a member of the study committee have been published. METI: “Guidelines for Providing Information and Explanations with Due Consideration for…
Executive Order Issued to Improve the Security of Consumer Financial Transactions — Including the Adoption of Chip Cards for Credit Cards and Multi-Factor Authentication for Government Websites
On October 17, 2014, an Executive Order [1] was issued to improve the security of consumer financial transactions. Its 3 main provisions are as follows. Section 1. Securing Payment…
The UK’s Privacy Seal Public Consultation Closes Today!
The UK ICO’s public consultation on its privacy seal “scheme” closes today. In British English, “scheme” corresponds to “trust framework” in American English. For example, wh…
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