Category «E-Mail»

Oversight Hearing on Implementation of PATRIOT Act: Section 212–Emergency Disclosure of Electronic Communications

House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Oversight Hearing on the “Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Section 212–Emergency Disclosure of Electronic Communications to Protect Life and Limb,” May 5, 2005 Witness statements: William Moschella, Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice; Willie T. Hulon, Assistant Director of Counterrorism Division, Federal …

Subjects: E-Mail, Patriot Act

President and Newspaper Editors Differ in Views on FOI

Has the sun set on FOIAs future?: “Kevin Goldberg, legal counsel for the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) said government efforts to prevent the public release of information is forcing many newspapers to go to court.” President Bush addressed the American Society of Newspaper Editors today. The full text of his remarks are available …

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Pew Data Memo On Spam and Phishing

Press release: Spam and phishing – “More than a year after the CAN-SPAM Act became law, email users say they are receiving slightly more spam in their inboxes than before, but they are minding it less…And in a first-time measure of “phishing,” or unsolicited email requesting personal financial information, 35% of users say they have …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, ID Theft, Privacy

One of World’s Most Prolific Spammers Sentenced to Prison Term

Judge Sentences Man to 9 Years in Prison for Using Fake Internet Addresses to Send Mass E-Mail Ads. Links to relevant legal documents available from JURIST Paper Chase.

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail

Employee E-Mail Use and Employer Monitoring

The ramifications of personal use of workplace email continues to resonate. The Wall Street Journal follows-up with Snooping E-Mail by Software Is Now a Workplace Norm, also available free to readers. The article details how customized programs allow companies to monitor and review employee email and IMs using broad and specific criteria that encompass administrative …

Subjects: E-Mail

Important Lessons About E-Mail Bare Repeating

This sentence is worth remembering: “Don’t ever put anything in an e-mail that you wouldn’t want to read on the jumbotron at Times Square.” So says Alan Murray in his WSJ article, Indiscreet E-Mail Claims a Fresh Casualty (available free today).

Subjects: E-Mail

Pew Survey Tracks Growing Importance of Internet in American Political Process

From the Pew Internet and American Life press release: “The internet became an essential part of American politics in 2004. Fully 75 million Americans 37% of the adult population and 61% of online Americans used the internet to get political news and information, discuss candidates and debate issues in emails, or participate directly …

Subjects: E-Mail, Internet

Privacy Group Advises Against Ordering Free Credit Reports Online

As the citizens of additional states join the list of those eligable for free credit reports, problems associated with this program have been noted. The World Privacy Forum recently issued an extensive report documenting fraudulent activities that are complicating consumer access to the reports. In addition, the group reviews how use of the legitimate sites …

Subjects: Cybercrime, E-Mail, ID Theft, Privacy

A Practical Guide to Managing E-Mail Overload

Stever Robbins offers advice on how to author effective, efficient, and focused business email messages. He also recommends how to read and respond to email. Thoughtful, well constructed and brief responses, which you have taken time to consider before hitting the “send” key, will increase the value of this communications tool. And don’t forget that …

Subjects: E-Mail

Time Required to Review Daily E-Mail Adds Up

A survey reviewing the time spent by business owners around the world dealing with email related issues indicates that U.S., India and the Phillipines top the list, averaging two hours per day.

Subjects: E-Mail

UK Government Launches Virus Alert Website

On February 23, 2005 the UK Home Office launched ITsafe “to provide both home users and small businesses with proven, plain English advice to help protect computers, mobile phones and other devices from malicious attack.” See the press release (PDF) and this page on alert services offered by email and mobile text messaging.

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, PC Security, Privacy

FTC and Spanish Gov’t Work Together to Fight Spam

Memorandum of Understanding On Mutual Enforcement Assistance In Commercial Email Matters Between the Federal Trade Commission of the United States of America and the Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos [Link] Related resource: The London Action Plan on International Spam Enforcement Cooperation

Subjects: E-Government, E-Mail, Privacy

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