Big Brother frowns on Vodafone and the Home Office
News The other candidates for this award are the Safe Harbor Agreement, which governs how US companies should handle the personal data of EU citizens, and the NHS National Programme for IT -- which won a Big Brother award back in 2000.
[July 5, 2004, 12:10]
Google dismisses Viacom copyright claims
News YouTube, which Google acquired last year for $1.65bn in stock, is protected from charges of copyright violation under the Hosting Safe Harbor of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Kwun said. In those cases, "neither made any attempt to...
[May 1, 2007, 9:51]
Identity Theft and U.S. Data Protection Legislation: An Overview
White Papers In one bill after another, encryption is being identified by lawmakers and industry experts as an essential, underlying technology that can provide a "safe harbor" in the event of a security breach. Encryption is the best and only true way to...
[May 26, 2006, 1:00]
Call List Scrubber
Downloads A statistical report can be printed for each list scrubbed and will help a company meet the documentation requirements of the Safe Harbor clause if they accidentally call someone who has registered their phone number on a 'do-not-call&apos...
[February 19, 2008, 11:35]
Why Grokster isn't the end of the world
News So instead of using the precise mechanisms that existing law already provided for their protection (known as take-down provisions in the Search Safe Harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act), these companies were certain they needed to slow...
[August 10, 2005, 19:00]
RealNetworks unveils Napster-like service
News The labels are asking Congress to grant a "safe harbor" that protects them from further lawsuits while they launch the subscription services, saying they would pay retroactive fees to publishers after the Copyright Office clarifies the law.
[May 18, 2001, 9:44]
Google, Viacom clash over employee records
News YouTube maintains that the video-sharing site is an internet service provider and is protected by the DMCA's Safe Harbor provision, which removes liability from ISPs for illegal acts committed by users.
[July 14, 2008, 9:06]
Napster clone seeks court protection
News Our position is that we are an ISP, and we comply with the safe harbor provisions" of copyright law, Carpinello said, referring to legislation that protects Internet service providers from liability for copyrighted content transferred through...
[May 3, 2001, 8:16]
Cyberterrorism: The real risks
News In a so-called "digital Pearl Harbor" exercise sponsored by the U.S. In last month's "Pearl Harbor" exercise, Gartner analysts playing the role of attackers reinforced that observation. Although it is possible for electronic intrusions to damage...
[August 27, 2002, 11:03]
