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Daily Archives: February 15, 2005
State CIOs’ Issue Research Report on Web User Security Issues
From the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), Welcome to the Jungle: The State Privacy Implications of Spam, Phishing and Spyware (15 pages, PDF). Continue Reading
Berkeley Public Library’s Use of RFID Results in Privacy Controversy
From the Berkeley Daily Planet, Library’s New Technology Sparks Controversy. Related references: Parents and Civil Liberties Groups Urge School District to Terminate Use of Tracking Devices and Children and RFID Systems. Continue Reading
Data Mining Aggregator Reports Widespread ID Theft
Reports today from MSNBC, Reuters (via CNN Money), and New.com on the theft of between 30,000 to 35,000 personal digital data profiles of California residents, which occured last fall. Related postings. Continue Reading
Privacy Issues and the Real ID Act
From Gartner, Proposed Real ID Act Fails to Include Data Protection Related reference: Real ID Act Passes House By Wide Margin Continue Reading
Florida Court Determines Unlawful Use of Spyware
Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal decision, O’Brien v. O’Brien, filed February 11, 2005, addressed the issue of a wife’s use of spyware to intercept her husband’s communications with another woman. The court affirmed the trial court’s finding that the electronic communications were illegally obtained. Related reference: 2004 Florida Statutes, Chapter 934, Security of Communications,… Continue Reading
More Choice in Web Map Services
This AP article compares the web map services from Google, Yahoo, MSN Maps and AOL’s MapQuest, all of whom obtain their core data from the same two services, but offer users different search features. Continue Reading
