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GovExec.com reported on significant testimony before the DoD’s Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee concerning the data collection software for CAPPS II, administered by TSA’s Office of National Risk Assessment (ONRA – whose “mission is to develop and maintain risk assessment systems to detect known terrorists and other legislatively assigned programs” [Link]). Implemention of data authentication …
The 9/11 Commission continues to pursue access to essential documents according to this announcement of its intention to issue another subpoena, this time to New York City, in an effort to obtain “tapes and transcripts of 911 emergency calls…[and] transcripts of historical interviews with firefighters…conducted after the 9-11 attacks.”
This afternoon, after considerable negotiation and recent reports of hightened pressure to reach an agreement, the House of Representatives voted 392-5 to accept an amended version, the pdf text of which is available via CNET, of the Senate’s CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (S. 877). Tauzin Announces Agreement On Historic Anti-Spam Bill, states that the bill: …
Reps. Markey, Pitts Introduce Wireless 411 Privacy Bill to Protect Consumers: Press Release, November 20, 2003 Statement of Introduction, November 20, 2003 Bill Text, November 20, 2003 The following text is quoted from the press release and specifies provisions of the Act: “Opt In” for Existing Users – wireless carriers must have clear preauthorization from …
From Free Range Librarian by K. G. Schneider, Getting Started with RSS: The No-Brainer Method.
Cybersecurity & Consumer Data: What’s at Risk for the Consumer? – Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, November 19, 2003. Witness List & Prepared Testimony Member statements: The Honorable Cliff Stearns and The Honorable W.J. “Billy” Tauzin Prepared Statement of FTC Commissioner Orson Swindle
From AIIM E-Doc Magazine Sep/Oct 2003, “One of the creators of XML talks about the past, present, and future of XML.”
The USPTO granted patent 6,643,686 on November 4, 2003. It is “a system and method for circumventing schemes that use duplication detection to detect and block unsolicited e-mail (spam). InternetNews.com quotes the executive director of the SpamCon Foundation as seeing the technology as a “…potentially…effective tool against spam…”
The American Records Management Association Education Foundation sponsored a research project by John C. Montaña, J.D., titled Legal Obstacles to E-Mail Message Destruction (42 pages, pdf), published October 19, 2003. The report addresses risk management associated with e-mail retention, the definition and legal status of e-mail, state, federal and foreign government laws associated with the …
A recently conducted customer information protection survey highlights increasing consumer concerns regarding the security of their personal data in online transactions, especially in the e-tail arena. The survey identifies specific companies (including American Express, eBay and AOL) and industries (including hospitals, pharmacies and banks) in whom respondents indicated particular trust.
“America after 9/11: Freedom Preserved or Freedom Lost?” Senate Judiciary Committee, Full Committee, hearing held November 18, 2003. Unfortunately, at this time no testimony or member statements have been posted online. However, here is a link to the testimony of the ACLU’s Nadine Strossen (thanks Marv!), to the testimony of the CDT’s James Dempsey, and …
From FAS, this link to CRS reports for Congress on First Amendment topics, from the First Amendment Center. The 16 reports were published in 2003, and address topics that include Internet privacy, freedom of press and speech, and regulation of the telemarketing industry.