From the Internet Pharmacy and Online Pharmacies Verification website: “To be VIPPS certified, a pharmacy must comply with the licensing and inspection requirements of their state and each state to which they dispense pharmaceuticals. In addition, pharmacies displaying the VIPPS seal have demonstrated to NABP compliance with VIPPS criteria including patient rights to privacy, authentication… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2004
Alternative Browsers Offer Useful Features Along With Learning Curve
In Search of a Browser That Banishes Clutter According to this article only 5% of the market uses a browser other than IE, but the alternatives, such as FoxFire, are gaining new users at a rapid pace. Continue Reading
“Groupthink” Now Questioned in Reporting of WMD Issue
The Post on WMDs: An Inside Story Prewar Articles Questioning Threat Often Didn’t Make Front Page (Washington Post, reg. req’d). Definition of groupthink. Testimony from Dr. John J. Hamre, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Counterterrorism Analysis and CollectionThe Requirement for Imagination and… Continue Reading
Search Engine Use Continues to Remain Strong
From the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a new Data Memo on Search Engines (PDF, 7 pages): “Pew Internet Project data show that on any given day, more than half of all Internet users who are online will use a search engine. About 64 million American adults are online on a typical day and… Continue Reading
Increased Work for Firms Specializing in Electronic Discovery
The Surging Evolution of E-Discovery Continue Reading
Privacy Issues Addressed in Upcoming Redesign of Website to Access Gov’t Regs.
EPA progresses on online public-comment project. See Regulations.gov Continue Reading
Former President’s Website Seeks to Motivate Young Voters
Clinton’s new campaign push: getting out the vote. Missing from the online version, but available in print, the following urls associated with the article: Clinton Center, the Jimmy Carter library, the Carter Center, George W. Bush library, and the Gerald R. Ford library. Continue Reading
AOL and Yahoo Choose E-Mail Verification Apps. To Limit Spam
AOL, Yahoo Add New Antispam Tools – Services try different approaches to sender authentication to halt spam. Continue Reading
Online Resource Guide to Fair Credit Transactions Act
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. Continue Reading
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
