From the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: FACTA, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act: Consumers Win Some, Lose Some and Fact Sheet No. 6: How Private Is My Credit Report? Revised August 2004.
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Daily Archives: August 10, 2004
CBO Report Addresses Copyright and Digital Rights Issues
From the Congressional Budget Office, Copyright Issues in Digital Media, August 2004. “This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper reviews current copyright law in the United States and considers the unique aspects of digital technology’s challenge to that law. It also examines the prospects for a market-based resolution to copyright disputes over digital content and explores… Continue Reading
Labor Dept. Website Announces Topical E-Mail Updates
“The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) today announced a new effort to expand website usage with the introduction of an e-mail subscription management system…The department will be rolling out the system in phases with the first including several major agencies in addition to the Office of the Secretary and other information available from the DOL… Continue Reading
Warehouse Clubs Target of Cybercrimes
From AP: Big-time ID Theft A Symptom of Database Culture. This article details the scope and scale of retail credit card fraud and ID theft, crimes which are registering steadily increasing statistics…a downside of the “database nation.” Continue Reading
Commentary on Open Access Publishing and Its Costs
The devil you dont know: The unexpected future of Open Access publishing by Joseph J. Esposito: “With the advent of the Internet and online publishing, the notion has arisen that access to the worlds research publications could be made available to one and all for free, presumably by shifting the costs to other places in… Continue Reading
Maryland Citizens and Advocacy Groups Seek to Decertify E-Voting Machines
“Lawyers representing eight Maryland citizens today filed a petition with the state supreme court seeking to decertify or fix Diebold voting machines that computer security experts have deemed insecure. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), working with over a dozen organizations concerned with voting integrity, has filed a friend of the court brief (PDF, 20 pages)… Continue Reading
