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The Privacy Commissioner of Canda functions as an independent advocate on behalf of citizens with the power to investigate complaints and present cases to the Federal Court, as well as to research and publish advisory reports on privacy issues. The Commission’s website, in French and English versions, is simple, well designed and content rich. There …
The Hamilton County Clerk of Courts, Ohio, website has generated controversy as a result of the state’s Open Records Law , (see Chapter 149 section 43), allowing online access to “sensitive personal data” concerning Ohio citizens. James C. Cicell, Clerk of the Courts, has proposed safeguards for data that still protect the dissemination of court …
The International Association of Privacy Officers provides links to a range of advocacy, corporate, government and academic sites.
A report commissioned by the Markle Foundation, “Enhancing Legitimacy in the Internet Corporation for Assigning Names and Numbers: Accountable and Transparent Governance Structures, has been published which recommends specific actions that ICANN can take to improve confidence and trust in its actions as well as focus its mission.
The UCLA Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy was established in 1995 to disseminate resources on issues including freedom of expression, intellectual property, privacy and e-commerce. Especially useful are the site’s “Cyberspace Law Bibliography” of print and online sources, and links to “Top Internet-Related Cases and Statutes (U.S.).”
OASIS is a non-profit, world wide consortium of coporations and individuals that seeks to establish “create standards for the electronic exchange of legal data” using XML.
Washington state, via their Department of Social and Health Services Legislative Relations website, is working on a project to make available to the public “all legislatively mandated reports,” beginning with those from December 2001. The reports are posted according to topic, which range from Aging and Elderly Services to Juvenile Rehabilitation.
EDOCKET allows researchers to view and conduct a quick or full-text search for regulatory and non-regulatory dockets that are currently available for public comment.
The GAO today issued a report, Information Management: Update on Implementation of the 1996 Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments. The GAO’s study indicates a significant backlog in the response of federal agencies to freedom of information requests. Due no doubt in no small measure to the Patriot Act, agencies have not kept pace with …
As promised, the FTC has introduced a new web site and mascot in an effort to promote safe use of the Internet by parents as well as children. Hence, I suppose, the use of Dewie, the biped turle mascot, holding a laptop computer.
H.R. 5469, referred to as the “Relief for Small-Business Webcasters” bill, was introduced on 9/26/2002 by Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. Its purpose is to buy time for webcasters by delaying for six months “the determination of the Librarian of Congress of July 8, 2002, relating to rates and terms for the digital performance of …
Amazon.com plans to update its privacy policy this October in response to pressure from advocacy group EPIC, consumer complaints and a coalition of state attorney generals. See this press release from Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly indicating that Amazon has agreed “to clarify policy, protect customer data.”