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June 22, 2005

NY Times on Personal Data Theft: “A” for effort, “F” for content

[Not Bad For a Cubicle] Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, is proposing a national requirement for consumer notification, with civil damages for negligent companies. Her bill is a good start in conjunction with a comprehensive measure by Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Bill Nelson of Florida to begin regulating data merchants by requiring registration with the Federal Trade Commission.

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[Alnyethelawyerguy.com] Al Nye The Lawyer Guy: Personal Data Should Remain Personal: Nelson DeMille is a wonderful writer. I really enjoyed this book. ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Personal Data Should Remain Personal: ...

Weblogs.mozillazine.orghttp://weblogs.mozillazine.org [Weblogs.mozillazine.org] Chris Nelson's Weblog: August 2003 Archives: New York, whose former police chief Bernard Kerik is tasked with revamping the Iraqi police force, last year recorded around 48 homicides per month, barely more than the daily murder rate in Baghdad." The CPA's restoration of order to Baghdad has been so negligent that "(a)rmed gangs of looters roam the streets, killing those who stand in their way. Revenge killings are also common as people settle old scores in the knowledge that murders are likely to go unpunished."

[Gadgets.engadget.com] Researcher claims black box can predict the future - Misc. Gadgets ...: We’re immediately skeptical of any story that starts with a line like “Deep inside the basement…”, but science website RedNova has a report on a project by Princeton emeritus researcher Dr. Roger Nelson, called the Global Consciousness Project, that can supposedly see the future. 

http://borgardblog.blogspot.com [Borgardblog.blogspot.com] Borgard Blog: The complaint is that data is lost from some of their handheld PDAs when .And Democratic Senator Nelson from the red state of Nebraska can run for .

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Posted at June 22, 2005 12:36 PM

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