Press release: “Today, Yahoo! Inc. announced a new global data retention policy that sets an industry-leading approach to user data privacy. This new policy strengthens Yahoo!’s relationship of trust with its 500 million users world-wide and enhances its longtime leadership on privacy. Under the new policy, Yahoo! will anonymize user log data within 90 days with limited exceptions for fraud, security and legal obligations. Yahoo! will also expand the policy to apply not only to search log data but also page views, page clicks, ad views and ad clicks.”
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Daily Archives: December 17, 2008
New GAO Reports: Social Security Disability, Defense Inventory, Flood Insurance, Crime Victims' Rights Ac
Social Security Disability: Collection of Medical Evidence Could Be Improved with Evaluations to Identify Promising Collection Practices, GAO-09-149, December 17, 2008 Defense Inventory: Management Actions Needed to Improve the Cost Efficiency of the Navy’s Spare Parts Inventory, GAO-09-103, December 12, 2008 Flood Insurance: Options for Addressing the Financial Impact of Subsidized Premium Rates on the… Continue Reading
New EIA Energy Outlook Projects Flat Oil Consumption to 2030, Slower Growth in Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Reduced Import Dependence
News release: “For the first time in more than 20 years, the new AEO [Annual Energy Outlook] reference case projects virtually no growth in U.S. oil consumption, reflecting the combined effect of recently enacted CAFE standards, requirements for increased use of renewable fuels, and an assumed rebound in oil prices as the world economy recovers.… Continue Reading
DOJ Report: Criminal Victimization, 2007
News release: “In 2007, the violent crime rate in the United States was at about the level of 2005, and the property crime rate was somewhat below the 2005 estimate, the U.S. Department of Justices Bureau of Justice Statistics announced today. Comparisons were made between the rates for 2005 and 2007, as 2006 was an… Continue Reading
Fed Key Rate Reduced to a Record Low
News release: “The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to establish a target range for the federal funds rate of 0 to 1/4 percent. Since the Committee’s last meeting, labor market conditions have deteriorated, and the available data indicate that consumer spending, business investment, and industrial production have declined. Financial markets remain quite strained and… Continue Reading
CRS – U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry: Federal Financial Assistance and Restructuring December 3, 2008
Follow-up to previous postings on the auto industry, this CRS report, U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry: Federal Financial Assistance and Restructuring, December 3, 2008: “The three domestically owned U.S. manufacturers of cars and light trucks are requesting federal financial assistance in the form of bridge loans to assure their ability to continue in business. The companies,… Continue Reading
OCC Releases CRA Evaluations For 17 National Banks
News release: “The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of November 15, 2008 through December 14, 2008. The list contains only national banks and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings. The possible… Continue Reading
The Network Advertising Initiative's Self-Regulatory Code of Conduct 2008
2008 Network Advertising Initiative Principles: “Through the present 2008 revision to the NAIs Self-Regulatory Code of Conduct, NAI members continue their commitment to respect appropriate fair information practices adapted for this medium and to their business models, maintaining self-regulation with respect to notice, choice, use limitation, access, reliability and security.” New York Times: “The trade… Continue Reading
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau released today the new Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009. First published in 1878, Uncle Sams Almanac is a summary of statistics on a wide range of important topics, from A (aquaculture) to Z (zinc production). Whether one seeks numbers on biofuel or banking, foreign trade or foreign… Continue Reading
Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States Sends Interim Report to Congress
“On December 15, 2008, the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States submitted an interim report to members of the U.S. House and Senate Armed Services Committees. The interim report summarizes the Commissions activities since it began its work in spring 2008 and reiterates its commitment to deliver a final report on… Continue Reading
