The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) issued a press release warning job seekers about privacy issues related to posting their resumes online. Personal data from online resumes can be mined, including phone numbers and email addresses, then compiled, aggregated and sold without the author’s permission or knowledge. This is according to a study undertaken by researcher Pam Dixon, titled Resume Data Base Nightmare: Job Seeker Privacy at Risk. Also by Pam Dixon, see her resource Online Job Seeker Web Sites: Tips to Safeguard Your Privacy.
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Daily Archives: February 19, 2003
California Cracks Down on Cyber Doctors
The California Medical Board is targeting doctors who provide services to patients via the Internet without the benefit of an in-person consultation. Many patients obtain a wide range of prescriptions in this manner, and according to this Sacramento Bee article, the state has levied fines totaling $48 million against six out-of-state doctors. The fines will… Continue Reading
New Homeland Security Website
“Terrorism Forces Us to Make a Choice, Don’t Be Afraid, Be Ready.” This is the introduction to the new website launched today by the Homeland Security Department, called Ready.gov. The site provides information in three main areas: Make a Kit of Emergency Supplies, Make a Plan, and Be Informed, which covers how to respond to… Continue Reading
EU Accession Treaty
The full-text of the EU Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union in 2004 is available here (Word). An Analysis of the Accession Treaty (Word) is here, and an Analysis of the accession Treaty (PDF) is here. Continue Reading
Appeal to Supreme Court on Gov't Surveillance
The ACLU, on behalf of a group of civil liberties organizations and several Arab-American organizations, filed an appeal (PDF) with the Supreme Court on February 18 in re: The Sealed Case of the Foreign Intelligence Court of Review (FISA) (PDF) decided November 18, 2002. This controversial decision, the first in the history of FISA, gave… Continue Reading
News About AllTheWeb Search Engine
Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced that another major e-commerce site, Dell.com, has deployed FAST Data Search to power the site’s search function. Dell joins AT&T, IBM, InfoSpace, Reed Elsevier (Scirus.com), Reuters and Terra Lycos, among others. In related news, the competition between Google and AllTheWeb for the accolade as “best” search engine continues with… Continue Reading
Overture to Acquire Search Engine AltaVista
From the Overture press release: Overture Services, Inc., the world’s leading provider of Pay-For-Performance search to Web sites across the Internet, and AltaVista Company, a pioneer in Web search technology, and a majority owned operating company of CMGI, Inc., announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Overture will acquire AltaVista’s business for… Continue Reading
