No need to change our procedures, that was an aberration – it will never happen again...
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20070811070024330
Not a good year for Pfizer, who reports another breach
Saturday, August 11 2007 @ 07:00 AM CDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews News Section: Breaches
Although this incident did not seem to get picked up by the media sources I routinely check, Axia, Ltd., a management consulting firm, disclosed that two laptop computers containing personal information on Pfizer employees were in an employee's car that was stolen on May 31. Pfizer was not notified until June 14.. On July 20, Axia notified New Hampshire that the laptops contained names and SSN (or in some cases, Taxpayer Identification Numbers) on 950 health care professionals under contract, or considering a contract with Pfizer. The information also included business and home addresses, business, home, and cell phone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses, and some additional information on compensation.
Notification letters had not been sent by July 20. Axia reported that the laptops were password-protected.
Source - Notification to New Hampshire (pdf)
This is bad on so many levels...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article2856892.ece
Database of top-secret police phone taps stolen
By Ruth Elkins Published: 12 August 2007
Police chiefs have launched a major investigation after the theft of a computer database containing thousands of top-secret mobile phone records from terrorism and organised crime investigations.
Scotland Yard is concerned that crucial evidence from undercover investigations could be lost forever [Translation: There are no backup copies! Bob] or has found its way into "the wrong hands" after the computer and other IT equipment disappeared from a private firm in Sevenoaks, Kent, last Monday night after a break-in.
Forensic Telecommunications Services, whose clients include Scotland Yard, The Police Service of Northern Ireland, HM Revenue and Customs and the Crown Prosecution Service, specialises in tapping mobile phone calls made by criminal suspects. The stolen security-protected server contained the minutiae of phone calls it had screened, including the identity of the person who had made the call, as well as the exact time and location of the suspect when the call was made.
In a statement released to The Mail on Sunday, Forensic Telecommunications Services confirmed that the equipment had been stolen from its offices but denied that its disappearance would impact negatively on current police cases.
Let's force security experts out of the country!
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/the_hacker_tool_law_in_ef.html
The Hacker Tool Law in Effect
Posted by Bre Pettis | Aug 11, 2007 06:51 AM
Today in Germany the Hacker Tool Law goes into effect. With the official name of Paragraph 202C it states that it is illegal to possess, use, produce, or distribute a "hacker tool".
In theory, law enforcement could come and arrest everyone here at Chaos Communications Camp. A group of hackers gathered in solidarity to protest this law. Hackers in Germany have been protesting the making of this law for the past year and are stunned that it passed and has gone into effect.
The term "hacker tool" is left vague. Nmap or other network monitoring system could fall into this category. Software like Kismac, a wifi detection software, closed down today. Phenoelit, a hacker group, also closed down shop and saying goodbye to Germany.
Maybe SCO is dead, but the war continues
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/11/1741256&from=rss
SCO Fiasco Over for Linux, Starting For Solaris?
Posted by Zonk on Saturday August 11, @03:18PM from the wheel-turns-turns-turns dept. Sun Microsystems Linux
kripkenstein writes "We have just heard that the SCO fiasco is finally going to end for Linux. But Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at DesktopLinux.com points out that the favorable result for Linux may cause unpleasant consequences for rival open-source operating system OpenSolaris: 'At one time, Sun was an SCO supporter ... Sun's Jonathan Schwartz — then Sun VP of software and today Sun's president and CEO — said in 2003 that Sun had bought "rights equivalent to ownership" to Unix. SCO agreed. In 2005, SCO CEO Darl McBride said that SCO had no problem with Sun open-sourcing Unix code in what would become OpenSolaris. "We have seen what Sun plans to do with OpenSolaris and we have no problem with it," McBride said. "What they're doing protects our Unix intellectual property rights." Sun now has a little problem, which might become a giant one: SCO never had any Unix IP to sell. Therefore, it seems likely that Solaris and OpenSolaris contains Novell's Unix IP.'"
Those were the days...
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/att-tells-court.html
AT&T Tells Court That Secret Wiretapping Destroys Privacy (in 1927)
By Ryan Singel EmailAugust 10, 2007 | 1:02:56 PM
The first time the Supreme Court heard a case about whether the government had the right to spy on Americans conversations without a warrant, AT&T filed a brief with the court arguing that such spying was inimical to democracy. That document was blogged by * the Electronic Frontier Foundation which is now suing the nation's largest telecom for its alleged participation in warrantless dragnet spying and data-mining of Amercians' phone calls and internet use.
The short brief (.pdf)
Probably redundant, but new voices to quote...
http://ralphlosey.wordpress.com/2007/08/10/us-supreme-court-justice-speaks-out-on-e-discovery/
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Speaks Out on e-Discovery
The highly respected Gartner research group reports that United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently participated in a panel discussion on e-discovery. This is a big deal because this is the first time a Justice of the Supreme Court has made any public statements about e-discovery. His comments provide the first hint of how the high court might someday rule when it hears an e-discovery case.
Justice Breyer is apparently troubled by reports of the high costs of e-discovery. He expressed concern that these costs could push litigants out of the U.S. court system into private dispute resolution where little or no discovery is permitted.
... The one day event that included Justice Breyer on a panel was held at the Georgetown University Law Center and sponsored by e-discovery vendor H5. The panel discussion was moderated by Harvard’s famous civil procedure Professor Arthur Miller. Other panelists included Richard Braman of Sedona, Jason Baron from the National Archives, and Judge John Facciola. The discussions and recommendations of this distinguished faculty are well summarized in the Gartner Research Note: Cost of E-Discovery Threatens to Skew Justice System.
... The Gartner Research Note concluded that:
The long-term trend that emerges from this panel is the fact that the legal community is under an obligation to learn about the IT infrastructure, topology and architecture of the organizations they represent.
Information technology has created the problem of massive amounts of data that the court system must deal with. Only technology can solve the problem if it includes well-designed business processes and policies. Throwing technology at the e-discovery problem is in itself ineffective. In a perfect world, the solution to the e-discovery problem would combine the expertise of lawyers, line-of-business owners, IT professionals and a host of other disciplines.
Men and women differ? Who'd a thunk it?
http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/2005/12/29/men-are-from-google-women-are-from-yahoo
Men Are From Google, Women Are From Yahoo
Submitted by Jason Lee Miller on Thu, 12/29/2005 – 10:54.
... "Women also value email for a kind of positive, water-cooler effect, which lightens the atmosphere of office life," reads the 54-page report.
... Here are some stats for the number crunchers:
67% of the adult American population goes online, including 68% of men and 66% of women
86% of women ages 18-29 are online, compared with 80% of men that age.
34% of men 65 and older use the Internet, compared with 21% of women that age.
62% of unmarried men compared with 56% of unmarried women go online
75% of married women and 72% of married men go online
61% of childless men compared with 57% of childless women go online
81% of men with children and 80% of women with children go online.
52% of men and 48% of women have high-speed connections at home
94% of online women and 88% of online men use email
Another resource?
August 10, 2007 11:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Oxford-IBLS Partnership Leading Global Internet and E-Commerce Law
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oxford University Press (Oxford) and Internet Business Law Services (IBLS) have joined together to create a series of books on Internet and E-Commerce law. Each volume of this series will include a country-by-country analysis of a particular Internet and E-Commerce Law topic. The books will be updated both in print, by Oxford, and online on the IBLS website. The online component will give readers timely access to the latest developments of laws and regulations around the world. Internet Law blog, edited and managed by IBLS, will encompass readers’ comments and address practical issues that arise when there is a regulatory development.
... Reviewers interested in a free review copy or a free trial, please contact carmela.mayson@oup.com
Should work for everyone...
http://www.earticlesonline.com/Article/7-Steps-to-Promoting-Your-Law-Firm-Online/194499
7 Steps to Promoting Your Law Firm Online
By: temp
Call for virtual instructors?
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/015689.html
August 11, 2007
E-Learning Guide
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