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E-Mail Publisher’s Commentary on CAN-SPAM Act

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The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003: Real Reform or Political Pork? by Neil J. Squillante:

  • “Many of my peers in the online marketing industry claim that requiring permission (opting in) would destroy email’s commercial potential. I disagree and can personally attest to the fact that permission is good for business. If companies produce outstanding email newsletters and promotional messages, people will subscribe in large numbers—especially in a spam-free world.”
  • See also Clock Ticking on Spam, ‘Net Access Bills’ which indicates that it is unlikely the House and Senate will resolve their differences to craft an acceptable bill prior to the end of the session.

    • Biometrics Increasingly Used to Monitor Employees

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    For most employees, gone are the days when “signing in” to work involved the use of pen and paper. Now employees are issued smart cards and other electronic IDs used in conjunction with scanners and sensors throughout their office buidlings. Biometric technology is apparently the latest timekeeping application to be implemented in the workplace, and… Continue Reading

    Judge to Determine Policy on Linking to Stolen Docs. in E-Voting Machine Case

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    Judge Jeremy Foley, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, will rule in the next several weeks on whether internal documents stolen from Diebold Inc., and posted to or linked from a range of personal, non-profit and university websites, must be removed due to copyright infringement. See my November 14 posting which details relevant information… Continue Reading

    Fair Credit Reporting Act Jeopardizes Protections Provided by State Legislation

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    “As Congress moves into the final wrangling over an update to the Fair Credit Reporting Act designed in part to slow the growth of identity theft, victim advocates are complaining the legislation might actually make things worse. The central issue is one of the oldest debates in American politics: states’ rights vs. a strong central… Continue Reading

    Selected Presentations from Internet Librarian Conference

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    A Google Gambol: Advanced Tricks and Techniques, Greg Notess, Creator, Search Engine Showdown & Reference Librarian, Montana State University Top Tech Trends for Internet Librarians, Elizabeth Lane Lawley, Rochester Institute of Technology The Blogging Explosion—Libraries & Weblogs, Darlene Fichter, Data Services Librarian, University of Saskatchewan Web Searching in 2004, Greg Notess, Creator, Search Engine Showdown… Continue Reading

    Advocacy Group Issues New Report on Spyware

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    From the Center on Democracy and Technology (CDT), a new report, Ghosts in Our Machines: Background and Policy Proposals on the “Spyware” Problem” offers a straight-forward review of how spyware programs operate, how to locate and disable them, and federal laws that in some measure address this technology, albeit with less than satisfactory results for… Continue Reading

    Review of Effective Solutions to Block Spam

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    From InfoWorld, this useful review of the following anti-spam applications for use on the enterprise level: Brightmail Anti-Spam Enterprise Edition Version 5.1, FrontBridge TrueProtect E-mail Security Suite, Postini Perimeter Manager Enterprise Edition, Proofpoint Protection Server 1.2.1, and SpamAssassin 2.44, an open source spam filter included with Red Hat Linux 9. Continue Reading