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When Free Isn’t Really Free: Free applications may include adware, spyware, virusus, and result in copyright infringement lawsuits (music downloading). The article refers to the CDT report on spyware issued last week, about which I posted here and legislation to protect consumers against the collection of personal data via spyware, about which I posted here.
Increasing Your Visibility Using Blogs, by Jenny Levine, presented at the Internet Librarian Conference, November 3-5.
Conferees Reach Agreement on Landmark Identity Theft Legislation: Highlights of the House Financial Services Committee conference report on H.R. 2622 on the National Consumer Credit Reporting System Improvement Act of 2003, indicate the legislation will: “Provide consumers with a free credit report every year from each of the three national credit bureaus, from a single …
Press release, November 20 2003: EU Commission welcomes agreement of Council and Parliament to set up the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). “It will advise Member States and the Commission on security issues and help co-ordinate activities to ensure a high level of network and information security within the Community. It will address …
Try Today’s Hip Technology: Portable Flash Drives: how the flash drives work, how to install and use, and pricing.
The 10 Biggest Spam Myths: “3. Spam legislation can end the problem.” See Congress Reaches Agreement on CAN-SPAM Act, November 21.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, E-Commerce and Development Report 2003 (228 pages, pdf). From the press release: “The E-Commerce and Development Report focuses on trends in information and communications technologies (ICT), such as e-commerce and e-business, and on national and international policy and strategy options for improving the development impact of these technologies …
From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. “Web version based on Report of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1964. 1 volume, 888 pages. The formatting of this Web version may …
GovExec.com reported on significant testimony before the DoD’s Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee concerning the data collection software for CAPPS II, administered by TSA’s Office of National Risk Assessment (ONRA – whose “mission is to develop and maintain risk assessment systems to detect known terrorists and other legislatively assigned programs” [Link]). Implemention of data authentication …
The 9/11 Commission continues to pursue access to essential documents according to this announcement of its intention to issue another subpoena, this time to New York City, in an effort to obtain “tapes and transcripts of 911 emergency calls…[and] transcripts of historical interviews with firefighters…conducted after the 9-11 attacks.”
This afternoon, after considerable negotiation and recent reports of hightened pressure to reach an agreement, the House of Representatives voted 392-5 to accept an amended version, the pdf text of which is available via CNET, of the Senate’s CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (S. 877). Tauzin Announces Agreement On Historic Anti-Spam Bill, states that the bill: …
Reps. Markey, Pitts Introduce Wireless 411 Privacy Bill to Protect Consumers: Press Release, November 20, 2003 Statement of Introduction, November 20, 2003 Bill Text, November 20, 2003 The following text is quoted from the press release and specifies provisions of the Act: “Opt In” for Existing Users – wireless carriers must have clear preauthorization from …
