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Entries from August 25th, 2007

To Whom Does the WHOIS Belong?

August 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Intellectual Property

Information Technology Week reports that the “seven-year-old battle over access to WHOIS data – the names, street addresses, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of those who have registered Internet domains — remains a stalemate this week, leaving reforms undone.” addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.privacymaven.com%2Fto-whom-does-the-whois-belong.html’; addthis_title = ‘To+Whom+Does+the+WHOIS+Belong%3F’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Work Place Privacy–The Boss as Big Brother ….

August 24th, 2007 · No Comments · Computer Privacy and Security

Reader’s Digest has a lengthy, sobering article about the pervasiveness of workplace monitoring of employees. Far beyond routine concerns about computer usage, employees must take into consideration that cell phone activity, MySpace pages and, yes, even blogging may have a negative impact on future and present careers. Very sobering reading indeed…. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.privacymaven.com%2Fwork-place-privacythe-boss-as-big-brother.html’; addthis_title [...]

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Stolen Laptops and Preventing Data Loss

August 24th, 2007 · No Comments · Computer Privacy and Security

It’s becoming an increasingly common nightmare. Laptops stolen, and along with them, sensitive data. PC Stats offers a useful primer on preventing data loss from stolen laptops. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.privacymaven.com%2Fstolen-laptops-and-preventing-data-loss.html’; addthis_title = ‘Stolen+Laptops+and+Preventing+Data+Loss’; addthis_pub = ”;

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