Privacy

Senator Brownsberger’s office received the following press release from the Attorney General’s office, offering advice for consumers who may have been affected by the Target credit card security breach. ______________________________________________________________ IN WAKE OF TARGET DATA BREACH, AG COAKLEY OFFERS ADVICE TO CONSUMERS, LAUNCHES REVIEW OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO BREACH BOSTON – Following reports of …

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Senator Brownsberger’s office received the following press release from the Attorney General’s office providing advice for consumers who may have been affected by the Target credit card security breach. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      MEDIA CONTACT: December 19, 2013                                                                            Jillian Fennimore (617) 727-2543 IN WAKE OF TARGET DATA BREACH, AG COAKLEY OFFERS ADVICE TO CONSUMERS, LAUNCHES REVIEW …

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For anyone interested in how well meaning government policies and practices can be subverted or simply mis-implemented, please see the Globe article: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/12/14/boston-police-suspend-use-high-tech-licence-plate-readers-amid-privacy-concerns/B2hy9UIzC7KzebnGyQ0JNM/story.html *Direct quotes from this article are indicated by trailing asterisk Summary: The Boston Police operate an automated license plate scanner program. The purpose is to gather as much information as possible and …

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Senator Brownsberger submitted the following written testimony to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary.   TO:           Committee on the Judiciary  FROM:     Senator William N. Brownsberger  RE:           S796, An Act updating privacy protections for personal electronic information  DATE:      July 9, 2013  I write in support of S796, An Act updating privacy protections for personal electronic information.  …

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This seems apropos, especially given the recent news about wiretapping and metadata collection by the Federal government. Any thoughts on S.654/H.3261, [An Act Updating the Wire Interception Law] (malegislature.gov/Bills/188/Senate/S654)?

If you are tired of receiving phone calls from telemarketers, you have the option of signing up for do not call registries at both the national and state level. You can sign up for the National Do Not Call Registry here. You can also sign up for the Massachusetts Do Not Call Program here. You …

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