Sorry to say all of the above have been the gremlins in my machine the past couple of days. If you would like to read beSpacific postings for August 26 and 27, I invite you to visit the site.
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Daily Archives: August 28, 2003
GAO Report on Failures In Homeland Security Info Sharing
Homeland Security: Efforts to Improve Information Sharing Need to Be Strengthened. GAO-03-760, August 27. Highlights. From ComputerWorld: “The Department of Homeland Security hasn’t effectively coordinated the multitude of information-sharing efforts now under way throughout the nation, creating a situation where critical clues to impending terrorist attacks may once again go unnoticed.” Continue Reading
Telemarketers Get Access to Do Not Call Registry September 2
This FTC press release from August 27 includes information, associated fees and links for use by telemarketers to obtain data from the national do not call registry when it is released on September 2. Continue Reading
Lawyer’s Cmte. Rebuts Statements by AG on Patriot Act
The Lawyer’s Committee for Human Rights issued a media alert that responds to specific statements in support of the Patriot Act made by Attorney General Ashcroft in a speech he delivered at the American Enterprise Institute on August 19. Continue Reading
LC to Acquire Significant 9/11 Archive
The Library of Congress announced the official acquisition, on September 10, 2003, of a collection comprising over 130,000 “written accounts, e-mails, audio recordings, video clips, photographs, websites, and other materials that document the attacks on New York City, Washington D.C., and western Pennsylvania and their aftermath.” On that day, LC will also host a symposium,… Continue Reading
New Study on Regional Internet Use
The Pew Internet Project released a new report on August 27, Internet Use by Region in the United States. A link to the table of contents of the report is available here, or you may download the report in its entirety here. From the summary: Internet usage among adult Americans reached 59% at the end… Continue Reading
Purchasing Personal Data on the Web, Privacy and Legislative Conflicts
The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (FTCR), a non-profit California advocacy group, is publicizing their purchase of personal data, including social security numbers and home addresses, of high ranking Bush administration officials, as a means of demonstrating the need for stronger privacy legislation. However, states such as California, which recently passed the strongest financial… Continue Reading
Pop-Up Ads Raise Privacy Issues
Cryptome.org has a free link to this informative WSJ article from August 27, “A New Battleground In Web Privacy War: Ads That Can Snoop -Software Programs Track Where Users Go On Net, Then Target Them With Pop-Ups.” Although certainly not a new story, it is nevertheless worth reading as it succinctly addresses privacy, copyright and… Continue Reading
