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A bill passed by the Virginia House and Senate, H.B. 2426, “relating to posting certain information on the Internet; prohibitions” stipulates that “Beginning January 1, 2004, no court clerk shall post on a court-controlled website any document that contains the following information: (i) an actual signature; (ii) a social security number; (iii) a date of …
Subsequent to the hacking of UT Austin’s computer system last week, resulting in the theft of personal data from more than 50,000 records as reported in my previous posting here, Texas lawmakers are giving closer consideration to a previously introduced bill banning the use of social security numbers on student IDs. The act, HB 1026, …
From the Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 2003, this extensive and well documented resource, An Education in ©opyright Law: A Primer for Cyberspace. The author, Dr. Robert N. Diotalevi reviews copyright law basics, the fair use doctrine (and provides examples of permissible and non-permissible uses), how copyright applies to distance learning (illustrated by …
Volunteers on behalf of Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont and Democratic candidate for President, have created a blog, Howard Dean 2004. The site provides links to press clippings, speeches and interviews (audio and video), articles about the candidate (including an archive from 08/25/2002 to present), postings on his campaign schedule, as well as an …
European Parliament and Council decision amending Decision No 276/1999/EC adopting a multiannual Community action plan on promoting safer use of the Internet by combating illegal and harmful content on global networks, COM(2002) 152 Final.
H.R. 395, The Do-Not-Call Implementation Act, P.L. 108-10, 117 Stat. 557; 2 pages, “To authorize the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees for the implementation and enforcement of a “do-not-call” registry,” was signed by the President on March 11. For more information on the procedure to remove your name from the telemarketers registry, see this …
This story is just to good to pass up: McDonald’s is test marketing a new service in restaurants in three cities – NYC, Chicago and somewhere to be announced in California: the purchase of a combination meal (I have no idea what that is having been a vegetarian for 29 years) is accompanied by one …
Larry Lessig has filed a petition (PDF) with the Supreme Court for a rehearing of the Eldred v. Ashcroft case.
The results of a new Harris Interactive poll, conducted between February 12 and 16, focus on public response to increased government surveillance of citizens since 9/11. Results from this poll are consistent with one conducted a year ago, although overall support for the use of various technologies by the FBI and other government agencies did …
From StateWatch, this report (PDF) from the European Parliament’s Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms expressing strong concerns about the collection and use of EU passenger data by the INS and TSA. See also How US Customs bounced the European Commission into a quick decision.
The Public Library of Science “is working to establish online public libraries of science that will archive and freely distribute the complete contents of every published scientific article.” For more information, see this article, Will Walls Come Tumbling Down? (free registration req’d).
From the March 10 Federal Register: “The Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (TAPAC) is being established in consonance with public interest and in accordance with the provisions of Pub. L. 92-463, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, title 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2. The TAPAC will advise the Secretary of Defense concerning the legal and policy considerations …
