FTC P2P data leak alarm could give law-makers big stick

sfgate.com (Feb 24 2010) Corporate , Government , Compliance

Categories:
Sectors: Consumer, Corporate, Government, Healthcare, Higher Ed
Primary Issues: Compliance, Data Breach, ID Theft Prevention, Medical Identity Theft
Incidents: Lastest Data Breaches, Reports

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  1. “ We support the statement made by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), not only with words but also with our actions. The Inadvertent Sharing Protection Working Group (ISPG) is a DCIA-sponsored industry-wide program introduced in July 2008 that has been working with the private sector and FTC staff to address the very issues Chairman Leibowitz spoke about in his statement. ”
    By Marty Lafferty
  2. “ The fact remains, however, that the amount of confidential data that is in distribution on the Internet is cumulative. Material that was accidentally disclosed years ago is still floating around. And more recent leaked data is also out there. The entire focus of ISPG so far has been to shore up the sources of such unintended file uploads in the first place. Removing items that are already in circulation on the web is a problem of a different order of magnitude and one we are just starting to look into. ”
    By Marty Lafferty

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  1. Peer-to-peer technology can be used in many ways, such as to play games, make online telephone calls, and, through P2P file-sharing software, share music, video, and documents. But when P2P file-sharing software is not configured properly, files not intended for sharing may be accessible to anyone on the P2P network, the FTC said. (Read Full Article)

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