Avantika Banerjee

I recently wrote an article titled “Essential Privacy Principles” which was published in the “ India Law And Technology Blog”. Here  is the link for it along with a repost (below). Privacy whether mobile or web based is a serious concern in the current technologically dependent environment. With multiple government…

The FTC has Reached a settlement with online advertiser scan scout. This settlement is particularly interesting because scan scout like most advertisers had a privacy policy; but it was not following it. The data security and data collection practices stated on their site were not actually being implemented. The FTC…

Financial times reported how companies like Facebook, HP and Google run programs that rewards outsiders who are not employees, with cash rewards on detecting flaws with their code/systems. Facebook runs a ‘bug bounty program’; HP has a somewhat similar program called the ‘Zero day initiative’; Mozilla and Google are other…

News report source: International Commissioners Office. According to the International Commissioners Office, Lush, the cosmetic retailer suffered a data breach on their website in January 2011. During this, payment details of 5000 costumers were accessed. According to Acting Head of Enforcement, Sally Anne Poole “Lush took some steps to protect…

The Vancouver courier, in a story dated August 8th, talks about a prospective bill being contemplated in Canada; which will take state interference without any warrant a step ahead in the wrong direction. “The bill will force Internet Service Providers (Shaw, Telus, etc.) to disclose personal information about customers (you…

OTA has a really good report, with the basics you need to know about ‘Incident response’ and how to create an effective incident reponse policy for your organization. Given the rampant data breached taking place and the fact that like it or not, online data storage is here to stay and…

So, this is the first I am hearing of HackNY. I have to say this is an interesting and empowering non profit forum for young techies and entrepreneurs. Here are the details  . Go check them out.

Question- Why do mobile applications (those handy little apps which do everything from serving news to finding places to eat) need their own individual privacy policies? Answer- Without a clearly defined privacy policy, which outlines the collection and usage of user data, the methods used to track user information and…

The ‘Do Not Track’ bill, i.e. SB 761 is a privacy proposal which is being deliberated in California. At the most basic level, this bill if passed would allow all users the choice to opt out of being followed in any format what so ever. Businesses would have to inform…

The recent week has been eventful,  given the hacking into of online information of Sony Playstation; the capturing of location data on iPhone4 and new information about data mining by android based phones. The new buzz words are security breaches and privacy and it’s interesting to note the reaction of…