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Press release, April 13, 2007: “Google to Acquire DoubleClick – Combination Will Significantly Expand Opportunities for Advertisers, Agencies and Publishers and Improve Users’ Online Experience.” Google Form 8-K, filed on April 18, 2007: Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement – “On April 13, 2007, Google Inc. (“Google” or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, …
Press release: “UK consumers are not as risk-averse when it comes to using online services as previously thought, according to recent research conducted by BT. Despite daily warnings about security threats and cyber-criminals, people are willing to take risks online, as long as they feel informed, and it is clear how consequences will be addressed. …
Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), Phishing Activity Trends for February 2007 (8 pages, PDF) “The number of phishing reports received by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) came to 23,610 in February, a drop of over 6,000 from Januarys previous record high of 29,930. ► For the first time ever recorded by the APWG, the United States …
Solove, Daniel J., The First Amendment as Criminal Procedure. New York University Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 112, 2007. “This Article explores the relationship between the First Amendment and criminal procedure. These two domains of constitutional law have long existed as separate worlds, rarely interacting with each other despite the fact that many instances of …
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, hearing – Responding to The Inspector General’s Findings of Improper Use of National Security Letters by the FBI, April 11, 2007. Via American Library Association Washington Office Newsline: “George Christian, Executive Director of the Library Connection and former plaintiff in John Doe v. Gonzales, …
According to a press release from the Georgia Department of Community Health, contractor Affiliated Computer Services confirmed on April 9, 2007 the loss of a CD containing the personal data of state Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids(TM) members. The data included full names, complete addresses, social security numbers, member ID numbers, and eligibility dates for …
Politicizing National Security, by Aziz Huq, April 4, 2007: “Aziz Huq directs the Liberty and National Security Project at the Brennan Center for Justice. He is co-author of Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in Times of Terror, and recipient of a 2006 Carnegie Scholars Fellowship.” Mr. Huq focuses on three recent issues to highlight his …
Press release: “The Federal Communications Commission has strengthened its privacy rules by requiring telephone and wireless carriers to adopt additional safeguards to protect the personal telephone records of consumers from unauthorized disclosure. These new safeguards will help prevent unauthorized access to customer proprietary network information, or CPNI.” Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed …
“CIPPIC has issued the first batch of a series of working papers on identity theft. The papers released today include Introduction and Background, Techniques of Identity Theft, and Legislative Approaches to Identity Theft (all PDF). Additional papers examining identity theft caselaw, law enforcement, and policy approaches, as well as a Bibliography on identity theft, will …
Follow-up to April 15, 2006 posting, Canadian Privacy Commissioner Launches Investigation of SWIFT, “today The Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Jennifer Stoddart..announced the conclusion of her Offices investigation of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a European-based financial cooperative, that supplies messaging services and interface software to a large number of financial institutions in …
Interagency Proposal for Model Privacy Form under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, March 29, 2007 Federal Register (62 pages, PDF)
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, March 28, 2007 Statement of Robert S. Mueller, III Director Federal Bureau of Investigation: “Last week, the Committee heard testimony from Glenn Fine, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice regarding a recent report issued by his office on the FBI’s use of …
