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Bush pushes for expansion of surveillance law
News President Bush on Tuesday evening called for the renewal of the USA Patriot Act, the controversial law that expanded Internet surveillance powers for police but partially expires next year. Key provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next...
[January 21, 2004, 9:25]
Attorney general takes controversial Act on tour
News Attorney general John Ashcroft has embarked on an unusual nationwide tour to drum up support for the controversial USA Patriot Act. Ashcroft's USA Patriot Act tour began on Wednesday morning with a speech to police at the National Constitution...
[August 21, 2003, 11:15]
University bans controversial links
News The University of California at San Diego has ordered a student organisation to delete hyperlinks to an alleged terrorist Web site, citing the recently enacted USA Patriot Act. The law in question is one section of the USA Patriot Act, signed by...
[September 26, 2002, 11:56]
On the merits of data retention
News While news of this legislation certainly comes as no surprise - a Parliament committee voted on the measure in late November - I find it interesting that the passing of this law coincided with the US House of Representatives' approval to extend...
[January 10, 2006, 14:35]
Privacy concerns continue to grow
News They point to the United States' six-month-old Patriot Act, which gives law enforcement unprecedented power to monitor citizens' habits -- including Web and email use. The Patriot Act, a law passed in October that expands law enforcement power...
[April 19, 2002, 12:52]
Schmidt: Google may share user info with US gov't
News ZDNet.com.au asked if the Patriot Act bypasses "normal" procedures. Let's not have a debate about the Patriot Act — there is Patriot 1, Patriot 2. Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has revealed that the US government has made "requests" for the...
[March 19, 2008, 11:38]
How the Democrats' win affects tech
News House Democrats cast 62 votes against the 2001 Patriot Act, but only three Republicans opposed it. Republicans, now stalwart defenders of the Patriot Act, were advocates of protecting privacy during President Clinton's time in office.
[November 10, 2006, 10:20]
Freenet keeps file-trading flame burning
News Even in the US, it's won attention from people worried about censorship in the wake of the anti-terrorist USA Patriot Act and other actions, he said. But people look at the Patriot Act and the Department of Justice and realise that Freenet is a...
[October 28, 2002, 14:18]
Lone file-swapper takes on recording industry
Talkback Doe wins.Both my Senators voted to give this Corperation SUPER rights and also for Ashcroft's Patriot Act. Hope that Ms. I shall be voting against them from now on. Sooner or later the courts will cause the real culpriate to be fixed and that is...
[October 3, 2003, 18:11]
Understanding Digital Records Management
White Papers From Sarbanes-Oxley to the PATRIOT act, records management has become an important part of doing business. However, most legislation and regulations have been handed down with no road map for compliance.
[February 4, 2005, 23:00]
PayPal snagged by anti-terrorism law
News The US Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri told eBay that its online payment service violated provisions in the USA Patriot Act between October 2001 and July 2002, according to eBay's annual report, filed on Monday with securities...
[April 1, 2003, 8:06]
Anarchy in the USA
Talkback Mix that with the patriot act, and it spells tyranny. Putting this man in prison is the real crime. Orwell had it right: thoughtcrime is now reality.
[August 15, 2003, 21:21]
Lone file-swapper takes on recording industry
Talkback Go ahead, scream about Corporate Bogeymen and Patriot act furvor , but when it comes down to it most of the people contesting this action by the RIA are not the downtrodden masses. wait, stealing is a crime , right?
[October 3, 2003, 16:12]
Mitigating financial services risk with Component Business Modeling (CBM)
White Papers As they struggle to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley, the USA PATRIOT Act, International Financial Reporting Standards and other industry and governmental regulations, financial institutions are faced with mounting costs.
[December 19, 2006, 13:30]
Developing technology to protect information
Talkback We also need to oppose legislation such as the US PATRIOT Act as it applies wherever a US corporation has access to information and has it stored, whether in the US or elsewhere. What we need is legislation to protect information and to prosecute...
[December 13, 2007, 23:33]
Passport needed for mobile phone purchases?
Blog Comment I thought having Homeland Security and the "Patriot Act" was bad. Combine this idea with the British Library's DRM Adobe duplication crap and Big Brother is alive and living in the UK. Do they require the SIM card be registered too?
[October 21, 2008, 1:34]
Gamblers sue their credit card companies
Talkback Their suit should not prevail (and I don't believe it will, notwithstanding the Neo-Nazi, I mean Neo-Conservative inpired USA Patriot Act). I have no love of banks, but these people need to understand that the money wasn't free.
[December 21, 2003, 6:26]
Warrantless Searches and Seizures are next.
Talkback Sounds like the EU has its own "Patriot Act/Homeland Security" crap. Interesting. Hitler had the SS. The Soviets had/have the KGB and the GRU. The EU has its 'cyberpatrol'. How long will it take them to start hacking websites not in the EU for...
[November 29, 2008, 16:25]
Sky Financial Group and SAS Tackle Money Laundering
White Papers Sky will use the solution from SAS, the leader in business intelligence, to help adhere to the regulations of the USA PATRIOT Act. Sky Financial Group is a $15.7 billion diversified financial holding company with its headquarters located in Bowling...
[November 16, 2006, 23:00]
Current Money Laundering Challenges in the Asia Pacific Region
White Papers The presentation will look at issues such as USA PATRIOT Act and its implications for financial institutions, the New FATF Forty Recommendations and what these mean and vulnerabilities to Money Laundering.
[April 30, 2005, 0:00]
