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According to a BBC News article from September 18: “The UK has made spam a criminal offence to try to stop the flood of unsolicited messages. Under the new law, spammers could be fined £5,000 in a magistrates court or an unlimited penalty from a jury.” This law comes via the Minister of State for …
Executive Order 12958, Classified National Security Information, as amended by Executive Order 13292 (March 28, 2003), takes effect today. “This order prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information, including information relating to defense against transnational terrorism. Our democratic principles require that the American people be informed of the activities of …
RSS News Readers Browse for You identifies the top news aggregators as: FeedDemon 1.0, Feedreader 2.5, NewsGator 1.3 and SharpReader 0.9.2.1.
From the Lawyer’s Committee on Human Rights, a new report: Assessing the New Normal: Liberty and Security for the Post-September 11 United States, September 2003: Link to the full report, 144 pages, pdf Link to Introduction and Executive Summary Link to report by chapter (there are 5 chapters): Chapter One, Open Government; Chapter Two, Personal …
From the Sunday New York Times Magazine, Turn On. Tune In. Download. “The fact is, most participants do a lot more taking than ”sharing”; one study found that nearly half the songs accessible through major peer-to-peer networks are contributed by just 1 percent of users, and nearly 70 percent of downloaders do not share a …
On September 18, Wired reported that JetBlue Airways had shared 5 million passenger itineraries with a government contractor who in turn enhanced the dataset with information including associated social security numbers and income demographics, which then became part of a study, Homeland Security — Airline Passenger Risk Assessment. The airline’s chief executive subsequently sent an …
The California electoral recall postponement opinion of September 15 will be reviewed according to this Order of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, filed September 19. Why the Eleven-Judge Ninth Circuit Panel Should Affirm The Original Panel Decision to Postpone the California Recall [Link]
25th International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners Sydney, 12 September 2003 – Resolution concerning the Transfer of Passengers Data. See also EU challenges U.S. passenger data plan
Vault Survey of Top 100 Law Firms, compiled from surveys returned by 11,908 associates from more than 100 top firms. See also the survey Rankings Methodology. “An extended PDF excerpt and table of contents” is available for download here.
Report on accessing library records to be open: “Countering charges that the FBI is snooping into America’s reading habits, Attorney General John Ashcroft said yesterday that he would declassify a report on how often the agency has sought information from public libraries under the USA Patriot Act. The move came after a sharp exchange this …
Sorry to say the big storm is headed my way, so I may actually have to unplug the computers and peripherals, oh my! Hope to be back soon though.
From the White House news release, dated September 16: “Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, Secretary of State Colin Powell, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet today announced the establishment of the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) to consolidate terrorist watchlists and provide 24/7 operational support for …