Solove, Daniel J. and Hoofnagle, Chris Jay, A Model Regime of Privacy Protection (Version 3.0). Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2006, p. 357, 2006. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2006
FTC Testifies on Social Security Numbers in Commerce
FTC press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today told the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee that in the effort to reconcile the beneficial uses of Social Security Numbers with the threats to consumer privacy, “The challenge is to find the proper balance between the… Continue Reading
Lawful Intelligence and Surveillance of Terrorists in an Emergency by NSA Act Introduced Today
Press release: “Reps. Jane Harman (D-CA) and John Conyers (D-MI) today introduced the Lawful Intelligence and Surveillance of Terrorists in an Emergency by NSA Act (The LISTEN Act). The Act makes clear that any attempt to listen in on Americans or collect telephone or e-mail records must be conducted in accordance with the Foreign Intelligence… Continue Reading
Domestic Call Records Mined for Expansive Pentagon Database Program
USA Today reported that the nation’s three major telecommunications carriers have provided the Pentagon with call records for “tens of millions of Americans.” The paper also published this related editorial: NSA has your phone records; ‘trust us’ isn’t good enough. Related government documents and news: President Bush Discusses NSA Surveillance Program, May 11, 2006: “We’re… Continue Reading
Ten Principles for Preserving Courts’ Role in American Democracy
Press release: “An ideologically diverse committee of experts, led by former FBI Director and federal judge William S. Sessions and former Congressman Mickey Edwards (R-OK), today released Ten Principles for Preserving Courts’ Role in American Democracy. These principles, articulated by the Steering Committee of the Constitution Project’s Courts Initiative, recommend that legislative and executive branch… Continue Reading
Executive Order Creates National Identity Theft Task Force
Fact Sheet: The President’s Identity Theft Task Force: “This task force will marshal the resources of the Federal government to crack down on the criminals who traffic in stolen identities and protect American families from this devastating crime.” Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Efforts to Protect Against Identity Theft, May 10, 2006. Continue Reading
Report and response to the 7 July 2005 London attacks
“The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has released its official investigations into the 7 July 2005 terrorist attacks. The Government has also released their response to the ISC report.” Intelligence and Security Committee Report into the London Terrorist Attacks on 7 July 2005 [PDF, 52 pages] Government Response to the Intelligence and Security Committee Report… Continue Reading
Google Trends
“With Google Trends, you can compare the world’s interest in your favorite topics. Enter up to five topics and see how often they’ve been searched on Google over time. Google Trends also shows how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and in which geographic regions people have searched for them most…Google Trends… Continue Reading
Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006
As reported by Declan McCullagh, the text of new legislation to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms. Continue Reading
Committee Report to Accompany the Data Accountability and Trust Act
“The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4127) to protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and… Continue Reading
Morgan Stanley Sued for Repeated E-Mail Production Failures
SEC press release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a civil injunctive action against Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated for failing to produce tens of thousands of e-mails during the Commission’s IPO and Research Analyst investigations from Dec. 11, 2000, through at least July 2005. The Commission alleges in its complaint that Morgan Stanley… Continue Reading
EPA’s National Strategy for Agriculture
Press release, May 8, 2006: New EPA Collaborative Partnership with Farmers in Growing Economy, Cleaning Up the Environment April 25, 2006 – EPA’s National Strategy for Agriculture Continue Reading
