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The recent release of a GAO report critical of the airline passenger screening program to be implemented this summer has intensified calls for Congressional hearings on the privacy and civil liberties issues associated with CAPPS II data collection. EFF Privacy Coalition Presses Congress for Hearings on Air Travel EFF Coalition letter asking for Congressional hearings …
Another article from PC Magazine, Spy Stoppers, details how easily spyware programs can infiltrate your PC, and the tremendous challenge they pose to disable. According to one anti-spyware company, Webroot Software, whose product Spy Sweeper 2.2 is ranked best in a survey accompanying this article, “80 percent of PCs are infected.”
From PC Magazine, Identity Theft: What, Me Worry? is a useful article that documents the experiences of one couple who were victims of “low-tech” fraud, offers a series of steps to protect against such crimes, a guide to e-gov resources and credit bureau telephone numbers and web links, as well as a list of check …
The Privacy Trust Survey recently conducted on behalf of the CIO Institute indicates: “that the majority of Americans surveyed 83 percent — consider privacy a matter that is important or very important to them. However, many respondents indicated they have a high level of uncertainty about the government agencies that collect and use that …
From today’s press release: “CourtEXPRESS, a national leader in online docket research and retrieval from U.S. Courts, announced today the introduction of retrieval services for international courts and tribunals…Orders for such dockets and documents can be submitted through the CourtEXPRESS web site, just as done for U.S. materials.”
The European Library service will be a portal which offers integrated access to the combined resources of the national libraries of Europe. It will offer free searching for both digital and non-digital resources and will deliver digital objects – some free, some priced. At launch there will be no central authentication mechanisms, any authentication will …
Tara Calishain wrote a recent article in PC Magazine reviewing half a dozen search engine toolbar applications.
“The International Internet Sweep is an example of worldwide consumer protection agencies working to together to combat cyberscams. ICPEN is a network of consumer protection authorities of 31 countries. Its main objective is to take action to prevent and redress deceptive marketing practices with an international component. The network fosters cooperative efforts by member authorities …
As a follow-up to my posting of February 6, President Announces Members of WMD Commission, from Sunday’s New York Times, Intelligence Commission’s Finances Will Stay Private. See also Executive Order on WMDs
Yesterday the Chair, Sen. Roberts, and Vice Chair, Sen. Rockefeller, of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, announced what they described as a refinement of the terms of reference for the committee’s inquiry, already underway, into the controversy surrounding intelligence on WMDs and Iraq. “We will address the question of whether intelligence was exaggerated or …
From the March 2004 issue of Technology Review (reg. req’d), Search Beyond Google “takes a look at the technologies fueling more than 550 million search requests entered every day worldwide — and what’s coming down the pike to potentially replace them.”
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