Privacy & Security Law Report: Index-Summary

GENETIC INFORMATION

– Bail DNA sample requirement (9th Cir.), 1371
– Discrimination ban

See GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

– Iowa employment discrimination ban, 638
– “John Doe” arrest warrant, DNA profile (Cal.), 241
– Juvenile offender DNA database (Ky.), 559
– Montana employee records rule, 907
– Newborn blood samples

– – HHS seeks comments on state programs, 662
– – Minn. (Minn. Ct. App.), 1251
– – Tex. to destroy spot cards (W.D. Tex.), 61

– Research, informed consent of test subjects, 1390
– United Kingdom

– – Arrestee DNA data retention, 558
– – National database, 712; bill introduced, 835

– Vanderbilt Univ. research database with de-identified DNA, 139

GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

– EEOC final rule, semiannual regulatory agenda, 634; final rule, 1559; BNA Insights, 1569
– HHS rule, release next year, 1727
– Treasury Dep't guidelines, 460

GEORGIA

– Ex parte access to doctors (Ga.), 839
– ISPs, flawed law enforcement data demands, class actions (Ga. Super. Ct.), 1534
– Sex offender internet identifiers (N.D. Ga.), 506

GERMANY

– Banking

– – Customer profiles created from unlawful data collection, 1663
– – Data sharing with outside marketers, 766

– Cloud computing, DPA legal opinion, 950
– Data breaches, World Cup fans' personal data, 1286
– Data protection

– – Regulation effective dates, BNA Insights, 535
– – State DPAs lack independence (E.C.J.), 393

– Data retention

– – ISPs (OLG), 1058
– – Telecommunications law (BVerfG), 351

– E-mail address database purchase for marketing, consent verification (OLG Dusseldorf), 25
– Employment issues

– – Background checks, bill limits social network use, 1253
– – Health data retention, drugstore chain, 141
– – Preemployment blood and urine tests, 504
– – Privacy legislation, BNA Insights, 1348
– – Video surveillance use limited, 1253

– Facebook

– – Data collection (Landgericht LG Berlin), 1662
– – Nonmember data stored, 1019
– – Office opens, 323

– Google Analytics, DPA concerns, 1432
– Google Street View WiFi data collection, 770; DPA files complaints, 911
– Internet privacy rights, draft bill, 1662
– RFID, privacy impact assessment guidance, 1093
– Safe harbor

– – Adequacy determination, German regional DPA seeks rescission, 1128
– – Verification requirement, BNA Insights, 806

– Taxation, stolen Swiss bank account data, 238; Swiss-German tax treaty talks, 239; German Chancellor supports purchase, 265; one German state accepts data, another rejects use, 361; members of Swiss Parliament seek to block German purchase, 361; Swiss regulator launches probe, 394; number of French clients affected, Nice prosecutor says, 556; Germany buys second CD of personal data, 867; German tax authorities raid Swiss banks, 1060; Germany buys another data CD, 1464; use approved (BVerfG), 1666
– Telemarketing fines, 238
– Web analytics, user consent, 289

GINA

See GENETIC INFORMATION NONDISCRIMINATION ACT (GINA)

GLBA

See GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT (GLBA)

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) DEVICES

– Data protection enforcement, BNA Insights, 1471
– EU car crash emergency call system, 1224
– France

– – Facebook Places application, 1460
– – Workers must be told of use, 1460

– Search and seizure, car in suspect's driveway (9th Cir.), 183
– Surveillance

– – Fire inspectors' vehicles, secret tracking (Conn.), 90
– – Movements from one locale to another (8th Cir.), 907
– – Public roads, monitoring with no warrant (D.C. Cir.), 1196

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

– Background checks, NASA nonsensitive contractors (U.S., rev grant), 381; (oral arg), 1401
– File sharing, Secure Federal File Sharing Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4098, S 3484

– Health dataset research, HHS seeks de-identification tester, 67
– Identification cards, return rule proposed, 869
– IRS, debt collection outsourcing, close-out review, 146
– Safeguards for unclassified information

– – Defense acquisition rules, 384; comments submitted, 703; BNA Insights, 1310
– – Federal Acquisition Regulation, GAO report, 1299

– Worker eligibility, employer verification of

See ALIENS AND CITIZENSHIP

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

– Federal employee health claims database, OPM notice, 1387; letter expresses concerns, 1531; OPM delays launch, 1590; OPM to issue revisions, 1727
– GPS secretly installed in fire inspectors' vehicles (Conn.), 90
– IRS worker cash awards, FOIA (N.D.N.Y.), 439
– MSPB

– – Appeals, oral arguments on whether to limit (MSPB), 1328
– – DOD, removal from noncritical position, call for amicus briefs (U.S.), 183
– – Navy scientist's suspension (U.S., rev den), 531

– New York

– – Public sector worker SSN law, 66
– – Worker's compensation records, FOI request (N.Y. App. Div.), 184

– Personnel file includes worker performance e-mail (N.J. Super. App. Div.), 1736
– Political activity FAQs, social networking websites, 1217
– Rehabilitation Act

– – DHS violation (S.D. Cal.), 763
– – View health records in private, 462

– SEC workers, names of porn viewers (D. Colo.), 1736
– Security clearances

– – CIA, clearance revoked (E.D. Pa.), 388
– – Muslim physicist clearance revoked, separation of powers (3d Cir.), 146
– – Public trust positions, OPM rules, 1568

– Telework

– – Legislation

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1722, S 707

– – SSA teleworkers fail to protect personal data, IG report, 897

– TIGTA worker probe information revealed (D.C. Cir.), 954
– Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 372

– Worker eligibility, employer verification of

See ALIENS AND CITIZENSHIP

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

See also specific states
– Budget FY2011

– – DHS

– – – Cybersecurity proposal, 227
– – – E-Verify, 228; Mayorkas defends program at House hearing, 430

– – FTC justification summary, 228; FTC budget statement to panel, 758
– – Health information technology, 228

– Classified national security information executive order, 8
– Cloud computing

– – Federal CIO Council panel recommendations, 1244
– – General Services Administration (GSA)

– – – Certification and accreditation guidelines, 1544
– – – Data.gov project, 1544; announcement, 1701

– – Government initiative, House oversight hearing

– – – GAO report, 1025
– – – GSA official, 1025

– – Stimulus package progress tracking, 703

– Comprehensive Natl. Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), parts released, 365; GAO progress report, 396
– Controlled unclassified data management, Executive Order, 1592
– Cybersecurity

– – Commerce Dep't symposium, 1045
– – Czar selected, 7; State of the Net Conf. address, 169
– – Dual White House and DHS directors

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3480

– – House Homeland Security Comm. draft, 1275
– – Incentives, White House initiatives, 769
– – Lieberman (I-Conn) draft bill, 700
– – National office and framework

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4900

– – National strategy, private sector role, 1530
– – Progress, White House meeting, 1045
– – Recommendation implementation

– – – Data retention, GAO report, 547
– – – 2009 policy review, GAO report, 1385

– – State Dep't official

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4962, S 3193

– – White House office

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5136, HR 5247, S 778, S 921

– Data security

– – FCC safeguards, GAO report, 363
– – FDIC, GAO report, 1726
– – Federal Investigative Services., GAO report, 1424
– – IRS

See TAXATION

– – National Archives, GAO report, 1542
– – National nuclear labs, GAO report, 1726
– – Teleworkers fail to protect personal data, SSA IG report, 897
– – US-CERT

– – – DHS IG report, 1288
– – – IG report, 907

– – VA information systems, GAO report, 790
– – Wireless data networks, GAO report, 1726

– Data sharing

– – FDA and CMS agreement, 1099
– – OMB memo, 1531

– E-health

– – Intra-agency task force, 356
– – ONC

– – – Chief privacy officer named, 281
– – – Task force formed to expedite issues, 826; “tiger team” holds inaugural meeting, 898; exposure issues examined, 940; focus shifts to state level data exchanges, 1050; HIT Policy Comm. approves recommendations, 1246

– File sharing, Secure Federal File Sharing Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4098, S 3484

– FISMA

– – Compliance, real-time monitoring, OMB guidance, 596
– – Federal Cybersecurity Practice Board creation

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5136

– – Medicare contractors, 1123
– – NASA security systems audit, 1370
– – NIST audit guidance, 1060

– FOIA

See FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

– Galleon Group hedge fund insider trading leak probe, 791
– Pay.gov, FCRA suit may proceed (Fed. Cir.), 1653
– Political activity FAQs, social networking websites, 1217
– Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

– – Call for nominations, 383; Obama to nominate members, 1724
– – Constitution Project calls for revival, 1725

– Privacy trust ratings, Survey Report, 1067
– Record systems, DHS proposes Privacy Act exemptions, 364
– Risk management for federal information systems, NIST guidance, 362
– Security clearances

See BACKGROUND CHECKS

– Semiannual regulatory agendas

– – DHS, acceptable worker ID documents, 633
– – EEOC, GINA final rule, 634; final rule, 1559; BNA Insights, 1569
– – HHS, HITECH Act, 634

– Smartphones, government business use survey, 549
– Social networking websites, OMB memos

– – Open government initiative, 523
– – Use guidelines, 977

– Spain, e-government criteria, 182
– Transparency

– – Disclosure and simplification, OMB memorandum, 938
– – E-mail retention

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1387

– – Obama gets mixed reviews, 441

– Trusted identities in cyberspace

– – Identity management

– – – BNA Insights, 1028
– – – Contracts and legislation, 1532

– – Private sector role, 1530
– – White House strategy, 936

– Web measurement and customization technologies, OMB memo, 977

GPS DEVICES

See GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) DEVICES

GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT (GLBA)

– Ameritrade probe records, disclosure to attorney barred (Wash.), 1594
– Bankruptcy, e-filings included SSN (Bankr. S.D. Ind.), 945
– Cloud computing risks, BNA Insights, 269
– Data Security Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3579

– Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3506

– Hedge fund defunct, right to investor names (Del.), 1249
– Privacy notices, model forms final rule

– – Analysis and Perspective, 33
– – Asset management businesses, compliance, BNA Insights, 330

GRANTS

– E-health

– – Awards announced, 670
– – Behavioral and mental health and substance abuse professionals and facilities

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 5025

– – Hospital-based physicians, 291
– – “Meaningful use”

– – – Definition, HIPAA privacy compliance recommended, 173; final rule, 1043
– – – HIPAA privacy and security rules, hospital group, 1648

– – Research projects, HHS, 11

– Long term care worker background check program, 868

GREAT BRITAIN

See UNITED KINGDOM (UK)