Reassigned Numbers Database

FCC  “The FCC’s Reassigned Numbers Database (RND) is designed to prevent a consumer from getting unwanted calls intended for someone who previously held their phone number. Callers can use the database to determine whether a telephone number may have been reassigned so they can avoid calling consumers who do not want to receive the calls. …

Subjects: Government Documents, Privacy

One Earth Film Festival Films A-Z

“One Earth Film Festival is the Midwest’s premier environmental film festival, creating opportunities for understanding climate change, sustainability and the power of people. It showcases top-issue, thought-provoking environmental films, leads audiences in interactive post-film discussions focused on solutions, and offers concrete actions people can take. One Earth Film Festival is a production of One Earth …

Subjects: Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Law

LexisNexis and I.C.E.: An Examination of LexisNexis’s Human Rights Responsibilities

New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, LexisNexis and I.C.E.: An Examination of LexisNexis’s Human Rights Responsibilities, January 27, 2022. Joe DelGrande. An online annotation by Yulanda Lui, Staff Editor. Today, technology makes the collection, sharing, and analysis of massive amounts of personal data easier than ever before. Identification technologies and personal data …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Records, Legal Research

This Deepfake Exhibition Shows How Convincing the New Technology Can Be

Smithsonian Magazine: “Think you could spot a deepfake? The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York, has a new exhibition that will put your skills to the test, according to Gothamist’s Jennifer Vanasco. “Deepfake: Unstable Evidence on Screen” looks at the technology of deepfakes—deceptive videos created using artificial intelligence and machine learning—and how …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

The Dangers of Password Recycling and How to Mitigate the Risks

MakeUseOf: “As tempting as it sounds, re-using old passwords for multiple accounts can expose you to potential data breaches and cyberattacks. Creating complex and undecipherable passwords with a proper balance of alphanumeric characters can be a real struggle at times. Therefore, we are all guilty of recycling our old passwords. While password managers exist for …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Privacy

A Cheese by Any Other Name: The Legal Challenge over “Gruyere”

In Custodia Legis: “On December 15, 2021, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia upheld an administrative decision finding that, in the United States, “gruyere” is a generic term for a type of cheese, and therefore ineligible for legal protection through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Gruyère is a geographic …

Subjects: Courts, Intellectual Property, Legal Research