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Monthly Archives: February 2005

Official Launch of MSN Search

From the MSN Weblog, MSN Search Launches, and take a look at the site’s promo, which includes references to Sweden, the Beatles and the White Stripes. Details about the site from Beta News, Search Engine Watch, and Search Engine Guide. From Business Week, see also Microsoft’s Mission: Search and Destroy Continue Reading

FTC Releases Annual Report on Consumer Complaints – ID Theft Tops List

Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about identity theft and listing the top 10 categories of fraud-related complaints filed with the FTC in 2004. For the fifth year in a row, identity theft topped the list of complaints, accounting for 39 percent of the 635,173 consumer fraud… Continue Reading

Privacy Act of 2005

S.116, Privacy Act of 2005. Introduced in Senate on January 24, 2005, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) “The Privacy Act – A comprehensive bill that would set a national standard for protecting personal information such as Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses, and medical and financial data, including information collected both online and offline. Modeled on California’s… Continue Reading