A group of California activists are hopping mad, to the tune of a $2 trillion lawsuit against a fax broadcasting company (fax.com, inc.) who they claim is invading their privacy. Cases were filed in both the Northern District of California and in the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County on August 22, 2002. These cases come on the heels of the FCC proposing to fine fax.com the sum of $5.379 million for sending unsolicited faxes, for a fee, on over 489 occasions.
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Daily Archives: August 29, 2002
Librarians Responding to Patrons Via Online Reference Services
In the Circuits section of today’s New York Times, there is an article about adoption of 24/7 virual reference services by public libraries around the country. These services are provided both by contract employees from their homes during off-hours, and by librarians serving their patrons during scheduled hours when libraries are open. One of the… Continue Reading
Ziff Davis Reaches Agreement With NY AG ON E-COMMERCE SECURITY STANDARDS
On August 28, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced that a settlement had been reached with publisher Ziff Davis (whose holdings include PC Magazine, Extreme Tech, eWeek and CIO Insight) to resolve a security breach that compromised the personal data of some 12,000 subscribers to its Electronic Gaming Monthly. The agreement stipulates that… Continue Reading
