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Press release, May 19, 2005: Metro adopts privacy policy and makes other records easier to access: “A new privacy policy adopted by the Metro Board today protects the privacy of customers’ personal information. The new policy was designed to protect the privacy of individuals by disclosure without prior written authorization from the person. It assures …
Antispyware legislation redux: HR 29 and HR 744 were passed yesterday with only one and four dissenting votes respectively. House Approves Bono Bill to Lock Out Internet’s Spying Eyes Goodlatte Legislation to Combat Spyware Passes House
FBI asks US Congress for new power to seize documents Related reference: From EFF DeepLinks, a copy of a letter [PDF] to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence expressing the collective opposition by a range of civil liberties/civil rights organizations, “to granting to the FBI in national security investigations …
Nick Bradbury’s May 20 post, RSS, Spam and Spyware, raises significant questions about security and privacy issues arising from the push for RSS ubiquity. Scroll down and read the comments as well.
“On Thursday, May 26, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will consider in closed session a draft bill that would both renew and expand various USA PATRIOT Act powers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has obtained a copy of the draft bill, along with the committee’s summary of it..” [Link] Draft of new PATRIOT Act …
As reported by the Chicago Tribune on May 20, 2005 (and cited in American Libraries Online, with another article in the Washington Post), this summer, the Naperville, Illinois public library will install biometric scanners on their 130 PCs with web access. Related article from UPI today, on an analysis of biometrics published in the May …
From today’s Washington Post: Computers Seized in Data-Theft Probe – Federal Investigators Remove PCs, Discs From Several Locations; LexisNexis Break-In Linked to Paris Hilton Phone Hacking Related beSpacific postings on this story are here and here. See also this article from the May 17, 2005 New York Times, Personal Data for the Taking, detailing the …
Words to know: Spyware – Further develop your understanding of spyware by reviewing these terms and how they relate to each other.
The Internet Spyware Prevention Act of 2005 (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2005 was approved yesterday by the House Judiciary Committee.
2005 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey: Many Companies Monitoring, Recording, Videotapingand FiringEmployees “From computer monitoring and telephone taping to video surveillance and GPS satellite tracking, employers are using policy and technology to manage productivity and protect resources. To motivate employee compliance, companies increasingly are putting teeth in technology policies. Fully 26% have fired workers for …
From the June 2005 issue of Consumer Reports, see this Internet Filtering Software Ratings, with rankings for 11 applications, including comparisons for price, fee, overall score, and variables for test results and features. [thanks Barbara]
From today’s WSJ free features, ‘Evil Twins’ and ‘Pharming’ – Hackers Use Two New Tricks To Steal Online Identities; Scams Are Harder to Detect.
