Press release: FTC Retains Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule Without Changes – “The Federal Trade Commission today announced its decision to retain, without changes, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA) Rule, which implements the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. In a Federal Register notice to be published soon, the Commission will present its findings retaining the Rules sliding scale approach to obtaining parental consent to the online collection of personal information from children, which takes into account how such information can be used.”
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Daily Archives: March 8, 2006
Efforts to Protect Civil Liberties Continue on the Hill
CDT: “The House approved a PATRIOT Act renewal bill on Tuesday that lacks meaningful privacy and civil liberties reforms. The Senate passed the bill last week. The bill will now go to President Bush for his signature. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, who voted to renew the PATRIOT Act last week but vowed to… Continue Reading
House Judiciary Cmte. Hearing on Orphan Works
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing on “The Report on Orphan Works by the Copyright Office.” Witness statements (in PDF): Jule Sigall, Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs, Copyright Office of the United States, The Library of Congress Allan Adler, Vice President for Legal and Government Affairs, Association of American… Continue Reading
EU Seminar Report: Trust In the Net
From Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, “Safety on the Net” (7 pages, PDF), (09/02/06). Continue Reading
House Appropriations Committee Votes to Block Port Operations Deal
Following up on several weeks of news on strong bipartisan opposition to the operation of America’s ports by UAE owned DP World, today the House Appropriations Committee voted 62-2 to prevent the deal. Continue Reading
New DOJ OIG Report on Patriot Act Implementation Released
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, Special Report, March 2006 Continue Reading
New UK Guidelines on Web Accessibility
Developed by the British Standards Institution, and reported yesterday by the Disability Rights Commission: “Key guidance on how to develop a website which is user-friendly for disabled people has been launched today.” “The DRC report, The Web: Access and Inclusion for Disabled People was published in April 2004. It investigated the accessibility of 1,000 British… Continue Reading
Internet Security Threat Report Finds Increase in Crimeware
Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, Volume IX: March 2006 Highlights. Press release: “This volume of the Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. In this edition, the new threat landscape is shown to be increasingly dominated by attacks and malicious code that… Continue Reading
Report Examines Government Patenting and Technology Transfer
From the Economic Research Service, USDA: Government Patenting and Technology Transfer, by Paul W. Heisey, John L. King, Kelly Day Rubenstein, and Robbin Shoemaker, Economic Research Report No. (ERR15) 60 pp, March 2006. “This report examines the use of intellectual property rights in Federal technology transfer, focusing primarily on the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS… Continue Reading
Free Antitrust Multistate Litigation Database Now Available
The National Association of Attorneys General launched a searchable Antitrust Multistate Litigation Database, comprising case information dating back to 1990. Search Only Civil Litigation Records [Information is provided in the following fields: Case Name; Plaintiff: Lead State(s); Defendants; Related Industry; Type of Case; Resolution; Year Action Initiated.] Search Only Criminal Litigation Records [Information is provided… Continue Reading
Lack of Adequate Gov’t Response to Katrina Reported by GAO
Hurricane Katrina: GAO’s Preliminary Observations Regarding Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, GAO-06-442T, March 8, 2006. Highlights. “The size and strength of Hurricane Katrina resulted in one of the largest natural disasters in our nation’s history. Hurricane Katrina raised major questions about our nation’s readiness and ability to respond to catastrophic disasters. Hurricane Rita increased demands on… Continue Reading
Maryland Judiciary Offers Internet Case Search of Court Records
Press release, March 7, 2006: “The Maryland Judiciary announced today that public Internet access to information from case records maintained by the Maryland Judiciary is now available…Information is available on all civil, traffic, and criminal cases in the state except for cases originating in the circuit courts for Prince Georges and Montgomery counties. This information… Continue Reading
