Tuesday, November 7, 2006

FTC Extracts Settlement from Home Loan Telemarketers for Do-Not-Call Violations. FTC Extracts Settlement from Home Loan Telemarketers for Do-Not-Call Violations. Posted by Ronald LondonThe Federal Trade Commission announced that it has reached a settlement with mortgage services company USA Home Loans Inc., and its telemarketer USA First Investment Group, Inc., over alleged violations of the agency[base ']s Telemarketing Sales Rule ([base "]TSR[per thou])... [Privacy and Security Law Blog] 11:59:06 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

Pressure Forces Microsoft to Change Vista Licensing. Pressure Forces Microsoft to Change Vista Licensing. Microsoft removes limit on how often you can reinstall the OS on a new device. [PC World: Latest Technology News] 11:56:11 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

DriveSentry Unveils Storage 'Firewall'. DriveSentry Unveils Storage 'Firewall'. Program manages whitelist of safe applications, blocks others from writing to hard drive. [PC World: Latest Technology News] 11:54:34 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

ActiveX Flaw Identified. ActiveX Flaw Identified. Unpatched vulnerability, triggered by certain sites, could give intruders remote access. [PC World: Latest Technology News] 11:52:23 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

EFF: Breaking News - Court Grants Appeal in AT&T Spying Case EFF Battles Effort to Dismiss Surveillance Lawsuit San Francisco - The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals announced today that it will hear the U.S. government's and AT&T's appeal of a district court's decision allowing the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) case against AT&T to go forward. The lawsuit alleges that AT&T collaborated in the National Security Agency's (NSA's) illegal spying program. The 9th Circuit did not rule on the merits of the appeal. By this appeal, the U.S. government and AT&T are asserting that the so-called "state secret privilege" prevents the federal judiciary from determining whether the spying program is legal or not. In July, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Judge Walker ruled that the case could continue, noting that "The compromise between liberty and security remains a difficult one. But dismissing this case at the outset would sacrifice liberty for no apparent enhancement of security." "It remains the province and the duty of the courts to determine whether the spying program broke the law, and the courts are quite capable of proceeding while respecting both liberty and security," said EFF Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl. "We are looking forward to litigating before the 9th Circuit on this important matter." 11:50:16 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []

Wired News: Delete Your Bad Web Rep The mistakes you make on the internet can live forever -- unless you hire somebody to clean up after you. A new startup, ReputationDefender, will act on your behalf by contacting data hosting services and requesting the removal of any materials that threaten your good social standing. Any web citizen willing to pay ReputationDefender's modest service fees can ask the company to seek and destroy embarrassing office party photos, blog posts detailing casual drug use or saucy comments on social networking profiles. The company produces monthly reports on its clients' online identities for a cost of $10 to $16 per month, depending on the length of the contract. The client can request the removal of any material on the report for a charge of $30 per instance. 11:44:18 PM  PermaLink   / trackback []