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GoDaddy pivots, now 'opposes' SOPA piracy bill

GoDaddy has reversed its stance on the Stop Online Privacy Act and now opposes the legislation, after supporting it, then taking its... Read more

30 December, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Rental laptops allow webcam spying, claims suit

...seeking a class-action against Aaron's under the US Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Read more

4 May, 2011

Google 'would have' broken privacy law, Australia says

...of personal data by the search giant "would have" breached the Australian Privacy Act. "Collecting personal information in these circumstances is a very serious matter... Read more

9 July, 2010 by Renai LeMay
Dana Hills High School 2.0.1

Dana Hills High School 2.0.1

...it constitute an electronic communication within the scope of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 USCA 2510. This communication may contain non-public, confidential, or... Read more

26 March, 2012
Tesoro HS 2.0

Tesoro HS 2.0

...it constitute an electronic communication within the scope of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 USCA 2510. This communication may contain non-public, confidential, or... Read more

22 October, 2011
FBI Vault 1.0.2

FBI Vault 1.0.2

...to the public under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or the Privacy Act.Read documents about such hot topics as the 9/11 Commission... Read more

22 July, 2011
Write Once Read Many Oblivious RAM

Write Once Read Many Oblivious RAM

...Drug Administration 21 CFR Part 11, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Over 10,000 regulations are believed to govern the management of... Read more

14 June, 2011

Is it OK to monitor employees?

...at the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner, said principles under the Privacy Act generally permitted monitoring of employees' emails. According to Cooper, employees understand... Read more

10 July, 2002 by Vivienne Fisher
10 things you should know about the Family Educational Rights and <endeca_term>Privacy Act</endeca_term> (FERPA

10 things you should know about the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA

...ten FERPA considerations outlined in this document. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) was enacted in 1974 to protect student education records and... Read more

29 July, 2005
Joint Guidance on the Application of the Family Educational Rights and <endeca_term>Privacy Act</endeca_term> (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to Student Health Records

Joint Guidance on the Application of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to Student Health Records

...guidance is to explain the relationship between the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996... Read more

1 November, 2008
The Wake County Public School System Uses Biscom Delivery Server (BDS) To: Ensure Privacy of Student and Employee Files, Comply With the Family Educational Rights and <endeca_term>Privacy Act</endeca_term> and Eliminate Transmission of Unsecured Email Transmissions

The Wake County Public School System Uses Biscom Delivery Server (BDS) To: Ensure Privacy of Student and Employee Files, Comply With the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Eliminate Transmission of Unsecured Email Transmissions

The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) is one of the twenty largest school districts in the nation. WCPSS's... Read more

28 March, 2008
The Federal <endeca_term>Privacy Act</endeca_term> of 1974 and HIPAA Privacy Rule of 1996: A Comparison

The Federal Privacy Act of 1974 and HIPAA Privacy Rule of 1996: A Comparison

While health care providers have a long tradition of safeguarding private health information, protection of patient... Read more

1 September, 2007

US privacy flies out the window

...disgraceful privacy intrusion demonstrates that it's high time to amend the Privacy Act of 1974, which restricts databases that the US government compiles but... Read more

23 September, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Judge: Computer code is more potent than the law

...about by the internet and computing. While the soon-to-be-reviewed Privacy Act has incorporated key privacy principles such as "usage limitation" — which states... Read more

22 February, 2008 by Liam Tung

US to create 'risk assessments' of air passengers

...and Border Protection] staff, nor is it subject to access under the Privacy Act," said a DHS privacy impact assessment of the scheme. Risk assessments... Read more

5 December, 2006 by Tom Espiner

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SoapyTablet

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Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

8 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

1 day ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

2 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

2 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

3 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

3 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

3 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

3 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

3 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

3 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake