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Daily Archives: October 9, 2003
EU Issues Update on Airline Passenger Data
Via Statewatch, this statement by the European Parliament on the need for strict restrictions on the collection, dissemination and maintenance of non-U.S. citizen personal data collected by airlines for transatlantic flights. List of 43 data elements on airline passengers requested by the United States from transatlantic air carriers. Continue Reading
Victim of ID Theft Sues Microsoft
Hacker victim files lawsuit blaming Microsoft security: The President of TriCoast Studios, Marcy Levitas Hamilton, whose Social Security number was stolen by a hacker, contends that security flaws in Microsoft software are the basis of her complaint. Continue Reading
Two Surveys on Blogs Differ As to How Many Are Active
According to this press release on a survey from Perseus Development Corp., it is estimated that of the 4.12 million blogs created an currently hosted (using Blog-City, BlogSpot, Diaryland, LiveJournal, Pitas, TypePad, Weblogger and Xanga), roughly two thirds have not been updated over the course of the past two months. From their survey: “Active blogs… Continue Reading
Gov’t Files Petition With Supreme Court On Cheney Energy Case
Solicitor General Theodore Olson’s September 30 petition for writ of cert. was posted by fas.org here. See also my September 17 posting, Supreme Court Review Sought in Cheney Energy Task Force Case. Continue Reading
Gov’t to Launch Its First Spanish Language Portal
FirstGov en Español, with an official launch date of October 16, will be the federal government’s first Spanish language portal. The site appears to be fully functional now. Continue Reading
