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Daily Archives: September 16, 2004
Journalist Group Publishes Report on Post 9/11 Access to Gov’t Data
Homefront Confidential: How the War on Terrorism Affects Access to Information and the Public’s Right to Know, 5th edition, Prepared by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP). Contents page and the RCFP White Paper, full-text (PDF, 100 pages). Continue Reading
Senate Passes Amendment Requiring Gov’t Data Mining Report
“Federal agencies that collect personal and other information on American citizens would be required to report on those activities to Congress as part of a proposal coauthored by Senators Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that has passed the U.S. Senate.” [Link] See H.R. 4567, Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for… Continue Reading
FTC Reviews Program to Reward Spam Whistleblowers
“The FTC today issued a assessing whether and how a system that rewards members of the public for tracking down spammers would or could help improve enforcement of the CAN-SPAM Act. That Act, which became effective on January 1, 2004, required the FTC to conduct a study and provide a report to Congress on a… Continue Reading
Web Search Engines Reveal Some Credit Card Data
Google Search Reveals Credit-Card Numbers: “In an effort to ascertain actual theft risk associated with ordering online, NewsFactor conducted an informal test of the Web… the test was conducted using basic search engines to determine how accessible personal-identity and credit-card information was to a more ordinary criminal mind.” Continue Reading
Conference Addresses Global Impact of Cybercrime
Council of Europe Cybercrime Conference: “Surveys prepared for the conference show that cybercrime is the fastest growing type of crime world-wide, with criminals adapting their methods to modern society, and creating networks that are harder for the police to crack.” Summary of the Organised crime situation report 2004 – Focus on the threat of cybercrime… Continue Reading
