======================================================================== E P I C A l e r t ======================================================================== Volume 13.03 February 10, 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Published by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Washington, D.C. http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_13.03.html ======================================================================== Table of Contents ======================================================================== FCC Grants EPIC Petition on Protecting Telephone Records EPIC Seeks Spy Documents in Federal Court EPIC Testifies Before Congress on Illegal Record Sales Secure Flight Placed on Standby Federal Budget Pumps Money Into Surveillance Projects News in Brief EPIC Bookstore: Robert Sherrill's "First Amendment Felon" Upcoming Conferences and Events ======================================================================== FCC Grants EPIC Petition on Protecting Telephone Records ======================================================================== On February 10, the Federal Communications Commission announced a formal rulemaking to create rules strengthening the security of consumers' phone records. This action grants EPIC's August 2005 petition, which was filed out of concerns that consumer records were too easily being acquired and sold online. Data brokers are thought to obtain the information either by taking advantage of lax authentication methods (otherwise known as "pretexting") or by bribing insiders for information. "I am deeply concerned about reports of companies trafficking in personal telephone records," said Kevin Martin, Chairman of the Commission. Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein agreed, saying, "Telephone companies are required to have firewalls in place to protect consumers' private information but instead these records are blazing all over the Internet." The Commission is asking for comment addressing five specific recommendations made by EPIC in its 2005 petition, including the creation of consumer-set passwords; tracking who within the companies views and transfers customer data; encrypting consumer data; limiting the information collected and retained; and notifying consumers when a breach of data has occurred. Industry representatives were resistant to the idea of further regulation last year, but since then, major news coverage of the vulnerability of cell records has placed additional pressure on communications providers. At a hearing held before a Senate subcommittee, industry spokesman Steve Largent admitted that better training and baseline authentication standards were necessary to better protect consumers' records. The FCC has taken additional action against poor security standards, recently fining AT&T and Alltel for failing to comply with existing security rules. The Text of the proposed rulemaking should be available next week. EPIC's Petition to the FCC: http://www.epic.org/privacy/iei/cpnipet.html FCC Press Release on Rulemaking: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-263765A1.pdf EPIC's Illegal Sale of Phone Records Page: http://www.epic.org/privacy/iei ======================================================================== EPIC Seeks Spy Documents in Federal Court ======================================================================== This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard a full day of testimony from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program. The Attorney General reiterated earlier Administration arguments about the purported legality of the program, but would not discuss operational details. Despite repeated requests, the Administration has refused to provide Congress or the public with legal opinions or other documents concerning the controversial program. Next Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will vote on resolutions that would direct the Attorney General to turn over materials related to the program to the House of Representatives. In a related development, U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy heard oral arguments this morning on EPIC's request for an emergency order requiring the Justice Department to release documents about the program within 20 days. EPIC filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the agency last month, stating that the Justice Department agreed to give EPIC's Freedom of Information Act requests priority treatment, but has failed to process them even within the FOIA's usual time limit of twenty working days. The American Civil Liberties Union and National Security Archive have filed a similar lawsuit, which Judge Kennedy consolidated with EPIC's case. Though he has not yet ruled on EPIC's motion, Judge Kennedy suggested that a failure by the Justice Department to release the documents quickly will cause irreparable harm to EPIC and the public. EPIC has argued in court papers that such a failure would make it impossible for EPIC and the public to participate in the debate on the controversial program -- a debate which "cannot be based solely upon information that the Administration voluntarily chooses to disseminate." Earlier this week, EPIC also filed a second FOIA lawsuit for documents related to the program against the National Security Agency. Transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the National Security Agency's Warrantless Surveillance Program: http://www.epic.org/redirect/nsa_transcript.html EPIC's Complaint Against the Justice Department (pdf): http://www.epic.org/privacy/nsa/complaint_doj.pdf EPIC's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (pdf): http://www.epic.org/privacy/nsa/pi_motion_doj.pdf EPIC's Complaint Against the National Security Agency (pdf): http://www.epic.org/privacy/nsa/amended_complaint.pdf EPIC's NSA Warrantless Surveillance FOIA Page: http://www.epic.org/privacy/nsa/foia/default.html ======================================================================== EPIC Testifies Before Congress on Illegal Record Sales ======================================================================== Two Congressional committees held hearings this month on the illegal sale of consumers' communications records. EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg testified before both the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs. "A ban on the sale of these records will dry up the market for illegally obtained records," Rotenberg said. EPIC also called for a end to "pretexting," the major practice by which data brokers acquire consumer records. Pretexters will misrepresent themselves, often posing as the customer, in order to gain access to the customer's records. "A ban on pretexting would make unmistakably clear the fact that such practices are unfair, deceptive, illegal, and wrong," said Rotenberg. Lawmakers were eager to take action against the sale of telecommunications records, and already, two bills have been introduced in the Senate, and two in the House, to address the problem. At least two more bills are expected to emerge in Congress soon. Some of the bills focus upon making the commercial sale of call information illegal, while others ban the pretexting of phone records. However, privacy advocates indicated that these were only first steps in solving the problem. Robert Douglas, CEO of PrivacyToday.com and a former private investigator, indicated that more than just phone records were at stake, noting that pretexting is used to obtain a wide variety of private consumer information. Some of this information includes the identities of email account holders, P.O. Box owners, and the identities of those using online dating services. EPIC also warned that the communications companies who hold the information must secure the information they collect, as well as to limit the amount of information stored. Rotenberg emphasized that those who store consumer information have a responsibility. "The idea is simple: if you can't protect it, don't collect it," he said. EPIC Testimony Before House (pdf): http://www.epic.org/privacy/iei/pretext_testimony.pdf EPIC Testimony Before Senate: http://www.epic.org/privacy/iei/sencomtest2806.html EPIC's Illegal Sale of Phone Records Page: http://www.epic.org/privacy/iei Privacy Today Home Page:http://www.privacytoday.com/ ======================================================================== Secure Flight Placed on Standby ======================================================================== On February 9, the head of the Transportation Security Administration told a congressional committee that Secure Flight has been suspended for a comprehensive review of the program's information security measures. Testimony from the General Accountability Office revealed that TSA approved Secure Flight to become operational in September, despite inconclusive risk assessments and 144 known security vulnerabilities. "TSA may not have proper controls in place to protect sensitive information," the GAO said. The Secure Flight program was introduced a successor to the now-abandoned second generation Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II). Many of the problems with CAPPS II that led to its demise continued to plague Secure Flight in its test phase. The controversial program has been the focus of two government investigations and is conducting an internal audit of its procedures. There is no deadline for the completion of the current audit. EPIC has criticized the Secure Flight program in the past for secretly obtaining passenger information in violation of federal privacy law, as well as its initial efforts to use inaccurate commercial data in making passenger threat determinations. In addition to criticizing Secure Flight's lack of privacy safeguards and security vulnerabilities, the GAO also noted that the documents underlying the program "contained contradictory and missing information." EPIC testified before a House committee in November 2005 about the Registered Traveler program, a similar effort to profile airline passengers, and warned that there were significant problems with data accuracy, as well as ongoing concerns about the compliance with the Privacy Act and the risk of mission creep. GAO Report on Secure Flight (pdf): http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06374t.pdf EPIC's Secure Flight Page: http://www.epic.org/privacy/airtravel/secureflight.html EPIC Testimony on Registered Traveler, Nov. 3, 2005 (pdf): http://epic.org/privacy/airtravel/rt_test_110305.pdf ======================================================================== Federal Budget Pumps Money Into Surveillance Projects ======================================================================== President Bush's proposed $2.77 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2007 increases spending on surveillance projects while making substantial cuts in education, housing, and farm programs. This is 2.3 percent increase over projected spending for Fiscal Year 2006. President Bush had requested $2.57 trillion, but spending is projected to total $2.71 trillion. The Department of Homeland Security has requested $42.7 billion, a 6 percent increase from FY 2006. Of this, the US-VISIT border program would receive $399.5 million, an increase of $62.9 million. Most of the increase will go toward the expansion of US-VISIT's fingerprint system; it will now capture all 10 fingerprints instead of two. DHS's budget request also includes $3.96 million for the Office of Screening Coordination and Operations. This amount is significantly lower than its $847 million request last year, reflecting the decision not to combine eight different screening programs under the office, instead funding each program separately. The current budget request states that the money will be used to set common standards for government screening as well as for Registered Traveler screening programs run by private companies. Participants in the programs must provide iris scans and fingerprints and pass a background check by the Transportation Security Administration. It is unknown what percentage of TSA's $6.3 billion request would pay for these background checks, which each cost $30 to $50. EPIC's October 2005 Spotlight on Surveillance report found that Registered Traveler had significant security and privacy problems. However, several homeland security programs were apparently slated for cuts under the President's Management Agenda. In a speech earlier this week, President Bush explained the program: "We ask federal managers to achieve good results at reasonable costs, and we measure them. The point is, is that if they can't prove they're achieving good results, then the programs, in my judgment, ought to be eliminated and/or trimmed back." Included in the list of programs that have been deemed "not performing" are: Transportation Security Administration's Air Cargo Security Programs, Baggage Screening Technology, Federal Air Marshal Service, Passenger Screening Technology programs, the Border Patrol, and the Coast Guard's Drug Interdiction program. The Government Printing Office's Web page on the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy07/browse.html Department of Homeland Security's Budget in Brief Fiscal Year 2007 (pdf): http://www.epic.org/redirect/dhs2007budget.html Government Web site listing "not performing" federal programs: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/notperform.html President Bush's Feb. 8, 2006 speech discussing 2007 budget: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060208-7.html ======================================================================== News in Brief ======================================================================== Focus on Medical Privacy Threats Intensifies Consumer activists and health professionals alike are increasing their focus upon the threats that a national electronic health records system might have to patient privacy. Consumer Reports and Health Management Technology have both published articles outlining the dangers of a national network implemented without any privacy protections, including health information being shared with marketers or with employers, who could take adverse action against employees based upon medical records. Errors in medical records would also be more spread faster and farther in an online environment. Those concerned about a national network being built without any privacy safeguards should sign the online petition at Patientprivacyrights.org. "I Want My Medical Privacy" Petition: http://www.patientprivacyrights.org/petition Patient Privacy Rights http://www.patientprivacyrights.org Consumer Reports on Medical Privacy Threats: http://www.epic.org/redirect/cr_nhin.html Health Management Technology on the National Health Information Network: http://www.healthmgttech.com/archives/0206/0206rhio_nation.htm Centers for Disease Control Urged to Limit Passenger Data Collection EPIC said in comments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that it should limit a proposed rule that would require airline and shipping industries to gather passenger information, maintain it electronically for at least 60 days, and release it to the CDC within 12 hours of a request. EPIC urged the CDC collect only necessary data and to set strict security standards to keep passenger data secure from unauthorized access and misuse. The CDC also should require the clear and open disclosure that travelers can refuse to submit their information without facing penalties, EPIC said. EPIC's Comments to the CDC (Jan. 30, 2006) (pdf): http://www.epic.org/privacy/medical/cdc_com013006.pdf The Proposed CDC Rule: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/nprm/ EPIC's Medical Privacy page: http://www.epic.org/privacy/medical/ Federal Appeals Court Upholds Travel ID Requirement A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit about federal airport regulations requiring passengers to show identification before they board planes. John Gilmore, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sued the Bush administration, which claims that the ID requirement is necessary for security but has not publicly identified any actual regulation requiring it. A unanimous three-judge panel said the policy did not violate due process because the law was not a criminal law, and passengers are fully informed about the policy. The court also said that passengers have a "meaningful choice." A passenger "could have presented identification, submitted to a search, or left the airport," the court said. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion about Gilmore v. Gonzales (pdf): http://www.epic.org/redirect/gilmore_decision.html EPIC's National ID and REAL ID Act page: http://www.epic.org/privacy/id_cards/ Key Privacy Concessions Gained in UK National ID Plans In the United Kingdom, the House of Lords recently amended plans for a national ID card to include important privacy protections. According to the amendments, the card would be voluntary, and not a requirement for UK residents. In addition, the government must conduct a study detailing the cost of the scheme, and must provide adequate security for stored data. While Home Office officials have agreed to conduct a study every six months, they continue to oppose a voluntary ID. The legislation on the national ID card returns to the House of Commons on February 13. Privacy International on National ID Cards: http://www.epic.org/redirect/pi_id_cards.html EPIC's National ID and REAL ID Page http://www.epic.org/privacy/id_cards/ Lawmakers Criticize Tech Companies' Speech Crackdown in China Members of Congress recently accused four major US Internet companies, Microsoft, Yahoo, Cisco Systems, and Google, of helping the Chinese government block certain online information to its citizens by providing it with surveillance and filtering tools. Yahoo has been further criticized for its role in helping Chinese authorities identify dissidents who posted information on the Web through Yahoo. Two such identified dissidents were arrested and sentenced to prison terms of 8 and 10 years. Chinese authorities strictly enforce laws that limit Internet use and censor specific information such as references to dissidents. The four companies are scheduled to testify at hearings before the U.S. House of Representatives on February 15. Hearing Notice: http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/109/af021506.htm House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations: http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/afhear.htm EPIC's Free Speech Page: http://www.epic.org/free_speech/ Face and Fingerprints Swiped in Dutch Biometric Passport Crack A Dutch TV program recently revealed that the Dutch RFID-enabled biometric passport was cracked in the summer of 2005 by smartcard security specialist Riscure. Due to an poorly implemented encryption key scheme, eavesdroppers could record the conversation between an RFID reader and the passport and later decrypt the contents of the conversation. The passport holder's biometric data was decrypted on a standard PC in about 2 hours. Many other countries, including the United States, are moving ahead with plans to include RFID technology in passports. EPIC Resources on RFID: http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid Register Story on the Passport Hack: http://www.epic.org/redirect/dutch_hack.html Acxiom Proposed Massive Internet-Scanning System Documents obtained by EPIC from the Department of Justice under the Freedom of Information Act show that commercial data broker Acxiom proposed a system to automatically scan the Internet and identify websites "belonging to advocates of extremist views and actions..." The plan proposed to extract personal information from websites and use it "to establish possible connections between extremist groups" and to collect data for an "Identity Verification System to be used by airlines, rental car agencies, and other business and government agencies." Prior releases of FOIA documents showed that Acxiom was considered as a source of data for the Total Information Awareness program. The $1,000,000 proposal was submitted to the Justice Department through Representative Vic Snyder (D-AR) on behalf of Acxiom and University of Arkansas's Department of Computer Science. It is unclear whether the proposal was ever funded. Acxiom FOIA Documents (pdf): http://epic.org/privacy/choicepoint/acxiominternet.pdf EPIC Commercial Data Broker Page: http://www.epic.org/privacy/choicepoint/ Verichip RFID Implant Cloned Programmer Jonathan Westhues has recently proved that the Verichip implantable RFID chip can be easily copied. Anybody capable of purchasing off the shelf electronics equipment and reading the description below can now impersonate the bearer of the chip and gain access to their medical records, among other things. As Verichip has marketed their chip as a means of managing access control to buildings and medical records, this represents a significant threat to their bearer's privacy and security. For more information about the Verichip, see EPIC's Verichip Page: http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/verichip.html Westhues' Page on How to Clone a Verichip: http://cq.cx/verichip.pl ======================================================================== EPIC Bookstore: Robert Sherrill's "First Amendment Felon" ======================================================================== EPIC Bookstore: Robert Sherrill's "First Amendment Felon" First Amendment Felon: The Story of Frank Wilkinson, His 132,000-Page FBI File, and His Epic Fight for Civil Rights and Liberties, Nation Books, 2005. http://www.powells.com/partner/24075/biblio/1-1560257792-0 The story of Frank Wilkinson, who passed away just last month, is one that needs to be told, in order to remind us that fear and political opportunism are often the greatest threats to free speech. Robert Sherrill's account of Wilkinson's various struggles with J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and with the House Un-American Activities Committee provides just such a pertinent reminder. When called before HUAC in 1958, Wilkinson refused to answer questions about his political affiliations, citing not the Fifth Amendment, but the First. When he lost his Supreme Court appeal in 1961, he was jailed for nine months for contempt of Congress. Upon his release, he campaigned for the abolition of HUAC, finally succeeding in 1975. Sherrill's book provides wide-ranging and vivid context for its subject, covering Wilkinson's college years through his 1975 vindication, but the author's perspectives and allegiances are clear. This does not, however, diminish the facts of Wilkinson's defiance. Make no mistake--this is a political book, written with an eye on the parallels between the climates of suspicion both then and now. --Sherwin Siy ================================ EPIC Publications: "Privacy & Human Rights 2004: An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Developments" (EPIC 2004). Price: $50. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/phr2004 This annual report by EPIC and Privacy International provides an overview of key privacy topics and reviews the state of privacy in over 60 countries around the world. The report outlines legal protections, new challenges, and important issues and events relating to privacy. Privacy & Human Rights 2004 is the most comprehensive report on privacy and data protection ever published. ================================ "FOIA 2004: Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws," Harry Hammitt, David Sobel and Tiffany Stedman, editors (EPIC 2004). Price: $40. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/foia2004 This is the standard reference work covering all aspects of the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, the Government in the Sunshine Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 22nd edition fully updates the manual that lawyers, journalists and researchers have relied on for more than 25 years. For those who litigate open government cases (or need to learn how to litigate them), this is an essential reference manual. ================================ "The Public Voice WSIS Sourcebook: Perspectives on the World Summit on the Information Society" (EPIC 2004). Price: $40. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pvsourcebook This resource promotes a dialogue on the issues, the outcomes, and the process of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). This reference guide provides the official UN documents, regional and issue-oriented perspectives, and recommendations and proposals for future action, as well as a useful list of resources and contacts for individuals and organizations that wish to become more involved in the WSIS process. ================================ "The Privacy Law Sourcebook 2004: United States Law, International Law, and Recent Developments," Marc Rotenberg, editor (EPIC 2005). Price: $40. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/pls2004/ The Privacy Law Sourcebook, which has been called the "Physician's Desk Reference" of the privacy world, is the leading resource for students, attorneys, researchers, and journalists interested in pursuing privacy law in the United States and around the world. It includes the full texts of major privacy laws and directives such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Privacy Act, and the OECD Privacy Guidelines, as well as an up-to-date section on recent developments. New materials include the APEC Privacy Framework, the Video Voyeurism Prevention Act, and the CAN-SPAM Act. ================================ "Filters and Freedom 2.0: Free Speech Perspectives on Internet Content Controls" (EPIC 2001). Price: $20. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/filters2.0 A collection of essays, studies, and critiques of Internet content filtering. These papers are instrumental in explaining why filtering threatens free expression. ================================ "The Consumer Law Sourcebook 2000: Electronic Commerce and the Global Economy," Sarah Andrews, editor (EPIC 2000). Price: $40. http://www.epic.org/cls The Consumer Law Sourcebook provides a basic set of materials for consumers, policy makers, practitioners and researchers who are interested in the emerging field of electronic commerce. The focus is on framework legislation that articulates basic rights for consumers and the basic responsibilities for businesses in the online economy. ================================ "Cryptography and Liberty 2000: An International Survey of Encryption Policy," Wayne Madsen and David Banisar, authors (EPIC 2000). Price: $20. http://www.epic.org/bookstore/crypto00&; EPIC's third survey of encryption policies around the world. The results indicate that the efforts to reduce export controls on strong encryption products have largely succeeded, although several governments are gaining new powers to combat the perceived threats of encryption to law enforcement. ================================ EPIC publications and other books on privacy, open government, free expression, crypto and governance can be ordered at: EPIC Bookstore http://www.epic.org/bookstore "EPIC Bookshelf" at Powell's Books http://www.powells.com/features/epic/epic.html ================================ EPIC also publishes EPIC FOIA Notes, which provides brief summaries of interesting documents obtained from government agencies under the Freedom of Information Act. Subscribe to EPIC FOIA Notes at: https://mailman.epic.org/cgi-bin/control/foia_notes ======================================================================== Upcoming Conferences and Events ======================================================================== Call for papers for the Workshop on Generating Collaborative Research in the Ethical Design of Surveillance Infrastructures. The deadline for proposals is March 1, 2006. For more information: http://communication.utexas.edu/ethicalsurveillance/ IAPP National Summit. International Association of Privacy Professionals. Washington, DC. March 8-10, 2006. For more information: https://www.privacyassociation.org/registration Beyond the Basics: Advanced Legal Topics in Open Source and Collaborative Development in the Global Marketplace. University of Washington School of Law. March 21, 2006. Seattle, Washington. For more information: http://www.law.washington.edu/lct/Events/FOSS/ Call for papers for the 34th Research Conference on Communication, Information, and Internet Policy. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. Proposals should be based on current theoretical or empirical research relevant to communication and information policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective. Deadline is March 31, 2006. For more information: http://www.tprc.org/TPRC06/call06.htm Making PKI Easy to Use. National Institutes of Health. April 4-6, 2006. Gaithersburg, Maryland. For more information: http://middleware.internet2.edu/pki06/ First International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security. Vienna University of Technology. April 20-22, 2006. Vienna, Austria. For more information: http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/ares2006/ CHI 2006 Workshop on Privacy-Enhanced Personalization. UC Irvine Institute for Software Research and the National Science Foundation. April 22-23. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For more information: http://www.isr.uci.edu/pep06 The First International Conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT (LSPI). CompLex. April 30-May 2, 2006. Hamburg, Germany. For more information: http://www.kierkegaard.co.uk/ Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference (CFP 2006). Association for Computing Machinery May 2-5, 2006. Washington, DC. For more information: http://cfp2006.org/ 34th Research Conference on Communication, Information, and Internet Policy. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. September 29-October 1, 2006. Arlington, Virginia. For more information: http://www.tprc.org/TPRC06/2006.htm International Conference on Privacy, Security, and Trust (PST 2006). University of Ontario Institute of Technology. October 20-November 1, 2006. Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. For more information: http://www.businessandit.uoit.ca/pst2006/ BSR 2006 Annual Conference. Business for Social Responsibility. November 7-10, 2006. 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