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From Boston.com, another article focused on public library efforts to maintain the privacy of their patron’s usage records: “The public library in Boulder, the home of the University of Colorado, has adopted one of the country’s most aggressive policies to keep circulation records private. The library keeps a bare minimum of information on books that …
News from Jeff Beard on the launch of his blog, LawTech Guru, where he will “be covering legal technology, mobile devices, strategic planning and law practice management, web technologies, as well as privacy and security issues and some interesting blogging tips.”
SB 27, the “Shine the Light” privacy bill sponsored by California State Senator Liz Figueroa, would, as indicated in the most recently amended version (September 5): “…require a business that discloses a customer’s personal information, including information relating to income or purchases, to a 3rd party for direct marketing purposes to provide the customer, within …
Vanishing from the Net a difficult task: Phone numbers, addresses and directions to homes and offices, county real estate tax information, and lots more personal data, all available using search engines as well as free and fee-based public records sites.
The report and data listed below were published by Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), who issued this related news advisory on August 25 about their research on the Department of Homeland Security, which is ongoing and will result in further documentation. Department of Homeland Security – The First Months Department of Homeland Security, Location of …
“Recording Industry Begins Suing P2P File Sharers Who Illegally Offer Copyrighted Music Online.” This press release, from the RIAA website, may be difficult to access as the site has been intermittently unavailable, due no doubt to the volume of press attention to these lawsuits.
Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, of the US District Court, Eastern District of Virginia released a decision on September 5 that stated “Alas, we computer users must endure pop-up advertising,” in the case of U-Haul International, Inc., v. WhenU.com, Inc., et al., Civ. Act. No.03-1469-A. Partial summary judgment had already been granted on June 23 against …
Information Access Alliance “The Information Access Alliance (a group that includes AALL, ALA, SLA, ACRL, MLA, and SPARC) believes that a new standard of antitrust review should be adopted by state and federal antitrust enforcement agencies in examining merger transactions in the serials publishing industry. When reviewing proposed mergers, antitrust authorities should consider the decision-making …
RSS – A Primer for Publishers & Content Providers: “This document is aimed at publishers and content providers with the intention of introducing & explaining the concepts behind RSS and addressing some commonly expressed concerns…the guidelines do provide recommendations for good practice, case studies on RSS production and links to tools and specifications which will …
Interesting article about several companies that provide their anti-spam software to dozens of ISPs, which is in turn used to block billions and billions of unwanted emails each month on the enterprise and home user level.
Reuters reported that House Committees, Judiciary and Energy and Commerce, will hold joint hearings in the near future on a proposed bill “that would prevent wholesale copying of school guides, news archives and other databases which do not enjoy copyright protection.” Thanks to Marv Johnson for the link to the draft of this bill, the …
According to this report on SecurityFocus.com, the FBI is trying to locate and arrest computer hacker Adrian Lamo, who “has become famous for publicly exposing gaping security holes at large corporations” that include the New York Times, AOL and Yahoo. Mr. Lamo has apparently agreed to turn himself in. See Title 18 USC PART I, …
