IBM Privacy Officer Reviews ID Theft Precautions
“Basic Hygiene” for Sensitive Data: “IBM Chief Privacy Officer Harriet Pearson talks about things — mostly simple — companies can do to help prevent identity theft.”
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Freedom of Speech in the Digital Age
Media Ownership and Democracy in the Digital Information Age – Promoting Diversity with First Amendment Principles and Market Structure Analysis (313 pages, pdf).
Resources on Making the Move to Wireless
Cutting the Tether: Great Resources on Wireless, offers a dozen tips and links by Dennis Kennedy.
Effective Corporate Use of the Web
From BusinessWeek.com: The Web Smart 50: Areas evaluated include collaboration, customer service, customization, streamlining, management and cutting edge applications. “Meet the masters of the Web. We’ve divided them into six categories and have shown how they’re using the Web to benefit their customers — and themselves.”
Blog on Law Firm Management
Law Firm Management News: “Law firm management news, advice, and commentary for managing partners, legal administrators, and other legal management professionals. [Bag and Baggage]
E-Voting Machine Co. Docs. on Product Flaws Published on Web
An EFF advisory addresses a legal challenge (initiated by two Swarthmore students, an ISP and a privacy group) in response to cease and desist orders issued by an electronic voting machine manufacturer. These orders were in response to the publication on the web of some 13,000 pages of internal corporate documents which included extensive discussion …
Variant of Worm Seeks to Steal Credit Card Info
New worm variant targets identity data: A new twist has been applied to an email worm, called Mimail, that appeared this past August, and it has been harnassed specifically to steal credit card data from customers of PayPal, the online payment service, which is owned by eBay.
Search Inside the Book Services Hailed and Condemned
Dipping into books online: Is it stealing?: “Amazon.com says its new ‘Search Inside the Book’ feature has boosted sales. But authors worry that people will read just what they need and not buy the book.”
Study Shows Commerce Is Driving Growth of Chinese Use of Internet
Press release from the Markle Foundation: Study Shows Market Competition and Government Encouragement are Key Drivers of Growth of the Internet in China: “A two-year study of Internet use and its impact in China reveals that the key drivers behind its growth are market forces, including people’s increasing desire to go online and competition among …
Student Internet Use Under Growing Surveillance
This Salon article (sub. req’d, abstract available), Don’t look now, but the dean is watching, focuses on university surveillance of all manner of Internet use by students (music downloads, e-mail, surfing).
New Anti-Piracy Bill Introduced in Senate
Artists’ Rights and Theft Prevention Act (ART Act). Statement by Senator Dianne Feinstein On Cornyn-Feinstein Legislation to Crack Down on Video and Audio Piracy, November 13, 2003. A llink to the draft copy of the bill, to “provide for criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized distribution of commercial prerelease works, to provide criminal penalties for …
9-11 Commission to Gain Access to Selected White House Docs.
According to CNN, the White House, after considerable delay, has finally agreed to provide the independent 9-11 Commission with selective access to the Daily Brief from both President’s Clinton and Bush. Commission member Max Cleland is quoted as being “disgusted” [by the deal], and ready to vote to subpoena documents from the White House. From …
