Sunday, March 25, 2007
Cohen on Howard: Chapter 22
Chapter 22 covers privacy legislation and concerns that need to be addressed by secure software.
Cohen:
Chapter 22 outlines US and EU privacy legislation (EU directives on Data Protection, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, Health Information Portability Accountability Act, and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) that might make certain demands on your software.
It discusses privacy policies for software and websites and how to integrate with the Platform for Privacy Preferences standards. It warns about making bold statements about privacy that you can't back up because of trust issues with business partners or business processes.
It is hard to know exactly what Cohen takes offense at in this chapter, but his review seems unjustified.
Cohen:
Chapter 22 is about legal issues in privacy, but it doesn't even do that well. All it really does is pile more mindless data on the reader without the context to apply it well.
Chapter 22 outlines US and EU privacy legislation (EU directives on Data Protection, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, Health Information Portability Accountability Act, and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) that might make certain demands on your software.
It discusses privacy policies for software and websites and how to integrate with the Platform for Privacy Preferences standards. It warns about making bold statements about privacy that you can't back up because of trust issues with business partners or business processes.
It is hard to know exactly what Cohen takes offense at in this chapter, but his review seems unjustified.
