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California First State to Protect Driver’s Privacy

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AB 213 was signed by California Gov. Gray Davis on September 22.

  • This bill would require a manufacturer of a new motor vehicle sold or leased in this state that is equipped with one or more recording devices, commonly referred to as “event data recorders (EDR)” or “sensing and diagnostic modules (SDM),” to disclose that fact in the owner’s manual for the vehicle. The bill would prohibit specified data that is recorded on a recording device from being downloaded or otherwise retrieved by a person other than the registered owner of the motor vehicle, except under specified circumstances. The bill would also require a subscription service agreement to disclose that specified information may be recorded or transmitted as part of the subscription service.

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    Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against JetBlue

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    From The Salt Lake Tribune: “A group of JetBlue Airways passengers, incensed that the low-fare airline gave their personal information to a defense contractor, on Monday filed a class action lawsuit in Utah on behalf of 5 million passengers.” [thanks to Toby Brown] See also my posting from yesterday which included the link to the… Continue Reading

    GAO Report on Homeland Security Info Sharing

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    Homeland Security: Information Sharing Responsibilities, Challenges, and Key Management Issues, by Robert F. Dacey, before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development and the Subcommittee on Infrastructure and Border Security, House Select Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-03-1165T, September 17. Highlights. Continue Reading

    VeriSign’s Controversial Site Finder Service

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    The Controversy Over New Web Typo Site continues as ICANN issued an Advisory Concerning VeriSign’s Deployment of DNS Wildcard Service, requesting that pending the organization’s review and publication of a report, VeriSign suspend this service. In addition to ICANN’s action, last Friday Popular Enterprises, parent of search engine Nester.com, filed an unfair trade practices lawsuit… Continue Reading