From yesterday’s FTC Spyware Workshop, the Consumer Software Working Group Examples of Unfair, Deceptive or Devious Practices Involving Software, “endorsed by a broad coalition of software companies, Internet service providers, anti-spyware technology vendors, and consumer groups convened by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT).”
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Daily Archives: April 20, 2004
My Passwords for a Chocolate…
The BBC reports that the results of recent surveys of London commuters, requesting their PC login passwords in exchange for chocolate, were that a majority of respondents provided them without hesitation. Must be really good chocolate! In addition, the survey established that pet names are all too often passwords of choice, and are also willingly… Continue Reading
IRS Commissioner to Review Offshore Tax Preparation and Privacy Issues
From Tax-News.com a report on offshore tax return preparation, and the response, by IRS commissioner Mark Everson, to concerns expressed in this letter to him by Rep. Edward J. Markey, a member of the Congressional Privacy Caucus. [JURIST’s Paper Chase] See also this February 15, 2004 New York Times article, Outsourcing Abroad Applies to Tax… Continue Reading
Legal Analysis of State and Federal Outsourcing Legislation
The National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) released a new study, Exporting the Law: A Legal Analysis of State and Federal Outsourcing Legislation (pdf, 32 pages) [Donna Cavallini] “Legislators in at least 36 states have introduced more than 100 bills to restrict overseas outsourcing, and legislation on the issue has also proliferated at the federal… Continue Reading
New Guidelines for Distributing Key Scientific Data on Gov’t Websites
OMB Releases Revised Bulletin on Peer Review; Seeks Additional Public Comment, April 15, 2004: “As part of a continuing effort to enhance the quality and credibility of scientific information that is disseminated to the public, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released today a revised draft of guidance to agencies and requested additional public… Continue Reading
UK and US Issue Cyberalert on Internet Vulnerability
From the UK National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC), Vulnerability Advisory Notice 236929, issued April 20, 2004. “The vulnerability described in this advisory affects implementations of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) that comply with the Internet Engineering Task Forces (IETFs) Requests For Comments (RFCs) for TCP…TCP is a core network protocol used in the majority… Continue Reading
