The new Massachusetts data privacy regulations become effective on Monday, March 1, 2010. Are you ready? I didn’t think so.
Almost one year ago, on March 11, 2009, I presented my first seminar on the topic. …
Rep. Rick Boucher D-Va. has big plans this year. He wants to reform the nearly $8 billion-a-year fund to subsidize internet services. He also wants to enact the first online privacy legislation. That’s not all–he also wants to push the Spectrum Inventory Act through the House and hold a number of oversight hearings on the FCC’s National Broadband Plan.
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The new Massachusetts data privacy regulations become effective on Monday, March 1, 2010. Are you ready? I didn’t think so.
Almost one year ago, on March 11, 2009, I presented my first seminar on the topic. …
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Widespread Data Breaches Uncovered by FTC Probe
FTC Warns of Improper Release of Sensitive Consumer Data on P2P File-Sharing Networks
The Federal Trade Commission has …
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She also reminded Google officials in a conference call this week that …
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The director of …
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The civil liberties advocacy …
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