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Press release: FTC Issues Final Rule Defining What Constitutes a “Commercial Electronic Mail Message” “The Federal Trade Commission today issued final regulations (81 pages, PDF) to facilitate the determination of whether an e-mail message has a commercial primary purpose and is subject to the provisions of the CAN-SPAM Act. The CAN-SPAM Act, which took effect …
EPIC has requested that the FTC launch an “investigation into data broker products for compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.” EPIC argues specifically that AutoTrackXP and Customer Identification Programs from ChoicePoint “are sold to financial institutions, members of the public (private investigators, law firms, etc.) and to law enforcement agencies. These are the same …
Yahoo Local Maps is now providing real-time local traffic updates, noting incidents (minor, moderate and severe), road work (along with estimated duration), as well as speed of traffic (0, 35, 55+) for major cities as well as for selected locations, to be expanded in future.
This website Not in My Food states its goal is to “provide consumers with timely information about food safety risks and actions that can be taken to reduce them…” More details about the mission and resources in the press release.
This Business Week article discusses the potential consequences of new rules on electronic discovery and records retention under consideration by the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States. These rules will have a significant impact on corporations in every sector. Particularly controversial is the proposed “safe harbor” …
From the Internet Archives press release: “Today, a number of International libraries have committed to putting their digitized books in open-access archives, starting with one at the Internet Archive. This approach will ensure permanent and public access to our published heritage. Anyone with an Internet connection will have access to these collections and the growing …
FCC to Examine Ban on Using Cellular Telephones on Airborne Aircraft: “Today, the Federal Communications Commission proposed to relax its current ban on the use of cellular telephones on airborne aircraft.” FCC Paves the Way for New Broadband Services in the Air: “Today, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a flexible approach for licensing the …
Press release – FDIC Issues Study on Identity Theft and Seeks Comments on Possible Guidance to Bankers: “Fraudsters are taking advantage of the reliance on single-factor authentication for remote access to online banking, and the lack of e-mail and Web site authentication, to perpetrate account hijacking.” Putting an End to Account-Hijacking Identity Theft (41 pages, …
According to a press release from MX Logic, Inc., an “email defense solutions” provider, in November, CAN-SPAM compliance reached a record high of 6% of total traffic subject to the law. “…our data indicate that the act has had little impact on sophisticated spammers, who continue to leverage networks of hijacked PCs, as well as …
The American Customer Satisfaction Index Scores for U.S. Federal Government, December 14, 2004 ranked the National Library of Medicine’s MedLine Plus as the top Information/News website in a field that included the DOJ, National Archives, the Dept. of State, the CDC and the GSA. Related news: Agencies reach all-time high in customer satisfaction
From Findlaw: “NTP, INC. v. RESEARCH IN MOTION, LTD. (December 14, 2004), A Federal Appeals Court Upholds Most Of NTP’s Patent-Infringement Claims Against Blackberry Maker Research In Motion (a/k/a RIM), And Remands The Case Back To A Lower Court To Determine, In Part, If Plaintiff’s $53.7 Million Damage Award Should Be Modified Opinion (PDF), and …
Following upon the heels of Microsoft’s desktop search suite announcement, interesting details of another entrant to be launched on Wednesday: First Look At Ask Jeeves Desktop Search. According to the article, Ask.com’s utility addresses the privacy protection issues raised as concerns with other desktop search tools.
