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OCC Advisory Letter on Banks and Electronic Records Retention

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OCC Advisory Letter on Electronic Record Keeping, June 21, 2004:

  • “This advisory letter highlights issues regarding bank electronic record systems in light of the E-SIGN Act. 15 USC 7001, et seq. The letter provides a basic framework that bank management can use to assess and address key issues posed by electronic record keeping systems.”
  • “…For example, the Act does not ensure admissibility of electronic records in litigation. This is important because the practical effect of having electronic records that are not admissible into evidence in judicial proceedings may be to render the electronic contract or record effectively unenforceable.”

    • Industry Anti-Spam Alliance Issues Report on Best Practices

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    Anti-Spam Technical Alliance Publishes Industry Recommendations To Help Stop Spam: “The Anti-Spam Technical Alliance (ASTA), whose participants include Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., EarthLink and America Online Inc., today unveiled the result of more than a year of close collaboration by presenting a host of detailed best practices and technical recommendations for the entire industry in… Continue Reading

    More Disclosures on TSA Passenger Data Mining Activities

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    Press release: Sensitive passenger data from at least eight airlines and airline reservation services were given to contractors working on a computerized screening program, according to new information provided in response to written questions posed to Admiral David Stone, who has been nominated to be the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). For reference,… Continue Reading

    Arrests in Stolen AOL Screen Names Scam

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    AP reports that an ex-AOL software engineer allegedly stole a list of 92 million customer screen names (online identification/user names) last year, which he then sold, and the information was subsequently used in various spam related mass emailings, in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act. See the related press release by AOL, which states, “AOL has… Continue Reading

    Launch of Personal Technology Freedom Coalition

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    From the EFF press release: “A broad group of organizations and companies representing diverse sectors of the U.S. economy has come together to form a new organization, the Personal Technology Freedom Coalition. With members ranging from the telephone industry to high-tech firms, libraries, universities and the public-interest sector, the Coalition is committed to repairing recent… Continue Reading