Poll on Online Privacy
From Harris Interactive, a recent poll: Most People Are “Privacy Pragmatists” Who, While Concerned about Privacy, Will Sometimes Trade It Off for Other Benefits.
ABATechShow 2003
The ABA TECHSHOW® 2003 is April 3-5, 2003 in Chicago. There will be a wide range of presentations, including From Bulletin Board to Blogs and Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Identity Theft and Other New Fears. More on the conference later in the week.
International Law Links
From FindLaw’s website, Special Coverage, The War in Iraq, links that include: International Humanitarian Law (Law Of War), Other Treaties, Conventions and Protocols, and Coalition Rules For Embedded Journalists.
ALCU Privacy Chief Comments on Civil Liberties
Barry Steinhardt, Director of the Technology and Liberty Program at the ACLU, is profiled in this CNN article. He states that “these are extraordinarily difficult times for civil liberties.”
GSA Issues Rule on .gov Domain
The General Services Administration (GSA) issued a final rule, published in today’s Federal Register establishing a new policy for the registration of .gov domain names, over which GSA has had jurisdiction since 1997. Such action now requires approval by cabinet level CIOs.
Websites and Resources on Ethics Rules
From Robert J. Ambrogi, lawyer and blogger, Top Sites: In Search of Ethics on the Internet is a review of state, association and lawyer sponsored sources of conduct codes and ethics opinions.
New Website on Geneva Conventions
The Society of Professional Journalists launched a new website, Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions. The site provides links to the History of the Geneva Convention, Full texts of the Conventions, and an alphabetical look-up feature to locate definitions for language and phrases from the conventions, as well as their associated deep links in the …
Copyright and Royalties for Web Radio
The Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property postponed their March 27, 2003 Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1417, the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act. See my previous posting on the demise of music webcasts as well as Declan McCullagh’s March 27 article.
Texas Legislative Resource
From the SWALL Bulletin Spring 2003: The Legislative Reference Library of Texas recently launched a new website. It provides links to content in the following four areas: Legislative Information, Research Tools, What’s New, and Citizen Resources.
EU Launches Legal News Website
The EU launched a new free website providing news on legal issues and practices of member states. The site site is accessible in eleven languages, including German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, English and Italian. (Thanks to DC for the link.) See also this site from EuropeMedia Network, that provides daily updates focused on 11 telecom …
Web Surfing, Cookies and Privacy
From the New York Times, A Trail of Cookies? Cover Your Tracks provides useful suggestions and links to resources that can facilitate your anonymity on the web and assist in protecting your privacy from the onslaught of third party advertising.
Cal State Responds to Computer Security Issue
On March 24, I posted about Cal State’s significant problem with their computer system and data privacy, and follow-up with this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education indicating that the university administration has determined it would be a good idea to address the issue now. “Cal State officials plan to have PeopleSoft, the company …