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The ABA has published a new book focused on protecting companies from claims associated with employee use of e-mail and the Web. The book is titled Employee Use of the Internet and E-Mail: A Model Corporate Policy With Commentary on Its Use in the U.S. and Other Countries. See the press release here.
The text of the order granting motion to dismiss from the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, in Access Now Inc., v. Southwest Airlines is available in PDF here. Judge Patricia Seitz determined that Title III (Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accomodation in Commercial Facilitites) of the American’s With Disabilities Act …
OMB Watch is reporting on government web site scrubbing in a follow-up on this issue that was highlighted in a 9/18/02 article by Education Week.
Federal government web sites are updated regularly, but the sites of Senators running for re-election cannot be updated within 60 days of a primary or the election according to U.S. Senate Internet Services Usage Rules and Policies. Consequently, a tool acknowledged to be a key asset in maintaining effective communication with consitutents is off-limits. See …
The Community Technology Network Project (CTNP) is a joint program by the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the New Internet Computer Company (NIC) to provide thousands of Section 8 housing residents with free access to the Web and e-mail. The press release on this program is here.
Professor Jonathan Zittrain and law student/Technology Analyst Ben Edelman are conducting research on Internet filtering in countries worldwide. July 15 marked the release of the first study in the series, reporting some 2,000+ web pages blocked in Saudi Arabia. Zittrain and Edelman have also posted another article, Real-Time Testing of Internet Filtering in China, which …
From the peer-reviewed Internet journal First Monday, Understanding the Privacy Space this report reviews “133 different privacy-related software tools and services.”
Wonder which filtering software program your company is using? Perhaps it is this one.
The University of California at San Diego has taken alot of flack for their attempt to force a student site to remove web links to revolutionary groups on university owned servers. See my previous posting on this topic. The University has now decided to recind their demand on basis of the students right to free …
Jurist, the legal education network, a terrific site of legal news, views and resources, has added daily links to Supreme Court news .
The Virginia Transportation Department took actions against 86 employees ranging from firing to suspension of pay for two weeks. The majority of the employees were accessing Internet porn.
The International Labour Organization sponsors the ILOLEX searchable database, available in English, French and Spanish. Users may choose to browse in categories of documents (including ILO Constitution, ILC Standing Orders, ILO Conventions and ILO Recommendations), use the Universal Query Form or conduct a free-text search.
