The US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will hold a hearing on Identity Theft: Recent Developments Involving the Security of Sensitive Consumer Information, 3/10/05, 2:30 PM. [Link]
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Daily Archives: March 9, 2005
Corporate Executives and Their Blogs
Look Who’s Blogging – How five executives got blog religion and are using it to their professional and personal advantage. Continue Reading
Growth in E-Journal Availability Requires New Paradigm to Best Serve Users
Economics of scientific and biomedical journals: Where do scholars stand in the debate of online journal pricing and site license ownership between libraries and publishers? [Library Link of the Day] Continue Reading
Employee E-Mail Use and Employer Monitoring
The ramifications of personal use of workplace email continues to resonate. The Wall Street Journal follows-up with Snooping E-Mail by Software Is Now a Workplace Norm, also available free to readers. The article details how customized programs allow companies to monitor and review employee email and IMs using broad and specific criteria that encompass administrative… Continue Reading
LexisNexis Reports ID Theft Scam
Press release from Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV: LexisNexis investigates compromised customer IDs and passwords to Seisint U.S. consumer data. “Reed Elsevier today announced that LexisNexis, its global legal and business information business, has identified a number of incidents of potentially fraudulent access to information about U.S. individuals at its recently acquired Seisint… Continue Reading
House Cmte. Approves Antispyware Bill
The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved, by 43-0 vote, the Antispyware bill, H.R. 29, The Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act or the ‘SPY ACT’. An Amendment #1, offered by Mr. Stearns, was agreed to by voice vote. Continue Reading
