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“A credit freeze (sometimes called a security freeze) lets you stop the disclosure of your credit report by a credit bureau. As of November 1, 2007, the three credit bureaus are allowing all consumers nationwide to set a security freeze. Some states have specific security freeze laws; a list of states with security freeze laws …
Press release: “Starting November 1, consumers in all 50 states will be able to freeze access to their credit files at all three major credit bureaus to prevent identity thieves from opening fraudulent accounts in their names. By that date, all three major credit bureaus will offer security freeze protection to all consumers living in …
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, The Role of Local Law Enforcement in Countering Violent Islamist Extremism, October 30, 2007. Link to Member Statements and witness testimony All Things Considered, November 9, 2007: “The Los Angeles Police Department is defending a plan to map Muslim communities in the city. Some critics are …
“President George W. Bush has issued the first National Strategy for Information Sharing to prioritize and unify the United States’ efforts to advance the sharing of terrorism-related information. The strategy sets forth a plan to build upon the progress that has been made in improving information sharing since the September 11, 2001, attacks and establishes …
Cultural Challenges in Cross Border Mediation, by Vikrant Singh Negi Persuading Judges in Writing: Tips for Lawyers (And how technology can help), by Troy Simpson Competitive Intelligence on a Shoestring, by Susan Armstrong and Sabrina I. Pacifici E-Discovery Update: Discovery of Employee-Owned Computer Equipment, by Conrad J. Jacoby The Government Domain: Journalists and Government Information: …
Press release: “CDT joined with a coalition of privacy advocates on Wednesday to recommend an ambitious set of proposals intended to give consumers greater control over their personal data and to offset the impact of pervasive behavioral tracking. Included in the recommendations is a call to create a national “Do Not Track List” that would …
OCLC press release and related links: “The practice of using a social network to establish and enhance relationships based on some common groundshared interests, related skills, or a common geographic locationis as old as human societies, but social networking has flourished due to the ease of connecting on the Web. This OCLC membership report explores …
Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs concerning Watching the Watchlist: Building an Effective Terrorist Screening System, October 24, 2007. Available in either PDF or HTML. Related government documents: Press release: “Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn, …
CDT: “As it seeks models to address the mounting issues surrounding online behavioral targeting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should begin by applying the principles it developed to guide its anti-spyware enforcement efforts, CDT said today. In comments submitted to the FTC in advance of its upcoming “town hall” meeting on behavioral advertising, CDT pointed …
Press release, October 18, 2007: “Senator Jay Rockefeller and Senator Kit Bond, Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee…announced that the Senate Intelligence Committee passed legislation to modernize FISA. The bill, which passed by a strong bipartisan vote, will improve the recently enacted Protect America Act that aimed to fix collection problems related …
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: “For the first time ever, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation that will protect journalists from being compelled to testify or reveal sources in court. The shield law grants a qualified privilege to reporters to prevent them, in most cases, from being compelled to testify or …
FCW.com: “Defense Department officials have released new guidelines that govern the monitoring of employees phone calls and the mock penetration of military network defenses to identify potential security risks to DOD information. DOD Chief Information Officer John Grimes on Oct. 9 signed Instruction 8560.01, titled Communications Security Monitoring and Information Assurance Readiness Testing. The document …
