France’s national library has raised a “war cry” over plans by Google to put books from some of the world’s great libraries on the internet. Related references: Google defies Europe, by Jean-Noel Jeanneney, Director of the National Library of France, Le Monde, 22.01.05 and this commentary on and translation of the aforementioned article. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2005
Commentary on P2P, Digital Rights and Copyright Infringement
From the Cato Institute, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Digital Rights Management: How Market Tools Can Solve Copyright Problems, February 17, 2005: “This study argues that the basic functions of DRM and P2P can be quite complementary and that innovative market mechanisms that can help alleviate many copyright concerns are currently blossoming. Government should protect the copyrights… Continue Reading
Credit Freezes Proposed Deterent to ID Theft
By Chris Jay Hoofnagle, associate director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Putting Identity Theft on Ice: Freezing Credit Reports to Prevent Lending to Impostors. “This article argues that the third actor, credit granting institutions, are culpable for a large number of identity theft cases. Institutions enable identity theft by maintaining lax credit granting practices,… Continue Reading
Microsoft Now Offers RSS Feeds for Corporate News Updates
There are two feeds available via this Microsoft PressPass RSS Feeds link: Microsoft PressPass – Press Releases and Microsoft PressPass – Top Stories. Continue Reading
ID Theft Scam Has Victims in 50 States and DC
From the Washington Post, ID Theft Scam Hits D.C. Area Residents From ChoicePoint: Update on Identity Fraud Notification, 02/21/2005. This announcement includes a chart with a state-by-state accounting of the current number of victims of this scam, addresses the company’s plan to participate in the investigation of the fraud, and its plans to “guard against… Continue Reading
E-Gov Site Facilitates Reporting of Fraud and Waste
Officials: Web Site Makes It Easy To Report Government Fraud, Waste – People Can Use Fraudnet To Register Concerns “The purpose of the Government Accountability Office’s FraudNET is to facilitate the reporting of allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, or mismanagement of federal funds.” Continue Reading
Push is on to Digitize Health Records
Health Industry Under Pressure to Computerize: “The federal government has delivered a warning to the health care industry: move into the computer age or the government will probably impose a solution.” Related resources: Panel: Cultural Shift Needed to Make Health Data Valuable Better medicine without paper Continue Reading
A Walk Down Gadget Memory Lane
From Mobile PC Magazine, The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time. You will be surprised at how many of these gadgets you may have owned over your lifetime, as well as the evolution in the technical sophistication represented in current items in the various categories. Continue Reading
Resources to Determine What Personal Info Is Maintained On You By Database Aggregator
From the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: The ChoicePoint Data Security Breach: What It Means for You, and How to Find Out What ChoicePoint Knows about You Related resources: No Place to Hide, Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society by Robert O’Harrow See also these related beSpacific postings, Online Interview With Author of New Book… Continue Reading
High Profile ID Theft Case May Spark Regulatory Ramifications
From today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution, Checklist failed ChoicePoint: “Identity theft fallout may include litigation, access limits.” From the WSJ, via Detnews.com, ID fraud triggers scrutiny: Industry could face new rules following reported theft of personal data of up to 400,000 people. From AP, 38 AGs send open letter to ChoicePoint . See also the initial… Continue Reading
2005 Economic Report of the President
From GPO: “The Economic Report of the President is an annual report written by the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. It overviews the nation’s economic progress using text and extensive data appendices. The Economic Report of the President is transmitted to Congress no later than ten days after the submission of the Budget… Continue Reading
Advocacy Group Focuses on Circumstances of National ID Theft Scam
As a follow-up to postings on the extensive ID theft that took place last fall but was only widely reported this week, EPIC today sent a letter which includes additional information on the case. The letter includes the information that the criminal ID theft group that obtained personal data records on an as yet undetermined… Continue Reading
