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From the New York Times: “William Sheehan does not like the police. He expresses his views about what he calls police corruption in Washington State on his Web site, where he also posts lists of police officers’ addresses, home phone numbers and Social Security numbers.” In related news, see also this article, Sheriff’s office must …
Problems with the Department of the Interior’s management and operations of its web sites is the focus of a recent Inspector General Report, issued in June. The introduction to the 42 page evaluation report (pdf) states that Interior “needs to manage its web sites more efficiently, cost-effectively, and securely; and focus on its customers.” Report …
On the heels of the huge response (24.5 million registrants in 14 days) to the FTC’s Do Not Call Registry to block telemarketing solicitations, comes word that this program cannot be replicated to fight spam. Prepared Statement of the FTC on “Unsolicited Commercial Email,” by J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Before …
In the Fight for Privacy, States Set Off Sparks. “An even more dramatic measure of growing concern has been that three states and 133 localities have adopted resolutions critical of the USA Patriot Act. These have usually cited the threat of the F.B.I. rummaging through library and bookstore records, a practice for which there is …
Testimony and Statement for the Record of Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Deputy Counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center, at the Hearing on Use and Misuse of the Social Security Number, Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means. U.S. House of Representatives, July 10, 2003. Witness List and links to other testimony.
DARPA’s Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO) is soliciting proposals for a program called Real-World Reasoning, to “explore and develop foundations, technology and tools to enable effective, practical automated reasoning of the scale and complexity required for computers to perform complex tasks in the real world requiring intelligence.” “Specifically, the program intends to: 1. Develop and …
The June 30 decision by the California Supreme Court in Intel Corp. v. Hamidi has spurred California Rep. Chris Cox to announce that this “most peculiar ruling … needs legislative correction.” His comments were made during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Legislative Efforts to Combat Spam, held July 9.
From the press release: The American Civil Liberties Union today said that it has found a consistent pattern of factually inaccurate assertions by the Department of Justice in statements to the media and Congress, statements that mischaracterize the scope, potential impact and likely harm of the now-notorious USA PATRIOT Act. Seeking Truth From Justice: PATRIOT …
Text below is from the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004, (House of Representatives – July 08, 2003), (Page: H6276) SEC. 8124. Limitation on Deployment of Terrorism Information Awareness Program: (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in paragraph (2), if and when research and development on the Terrorism Information Awareness …
From the press release by Rep. Matt Pierce: Effective July 1, Senate Enrolled Act 320 (Public Law 22) “provides a way for victims of identity theft to restore tainted credit histories, and expands the legal definition of the crime to make prosecutions easier.” the law expands the definition of identifying information as follows: “Identifying information …
ACLU Report, 23 pages in pdf: Independence Day 2003: Main Street America Fights the Federal Government’s Insatiable Appetite for New Powers in the Post 9/11 Era.
This Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) webpage presents a synopisis of the privacy and civil liberties issues associated with the organization’s opposition to the Patriot Act. In addition, it enumerates EFF efforts, both collaborative and direct, to maintain the public’s focus on the ramifications of the law.
