April 27, 2010
Arizona Immigration Law Leaves H-1B Workers in the Lurch
H-1B applications got off to a slow start at the beginning of this month with only about 13,500 applications being received within the first 14 days of eligibility. Economic factors have been tabbe... More >
April 22, 2010
Consumer Group Calls for Antitrust Probe into Google
According to Computerworld , Consumer Watchdog is calling on the Department of Justice to launch an antitrust investigation into Google's search and advertising practices . Consumer advocate... More >
April 21, 2010
Government Agencies Sent 10,000 Requests for User Data from Google, YouTube
According to recently released data from Google, the Internet giant and YouTube have received more than 10,000 requests for user data from government agencies around the world in the six months end... More >
Amazon Sues North Carolina Department of Revenue
According to PCWorld.com , Amazon has filed suit against the North Carolina Department of Revenue . At issue is the state's demand that Amazon hand over the names and addresses of every state resid... More >
April 20, 2010
Countries Call on Google to Protect Privacy
Privacy officials from 10 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, and the Netherlands, have sent Google a letter demanding that the Internet giant do more to protect pr... More >
April 19, 2010
Mississippi OKs Data Breach Notification Law
Mississippi has become the latest state to pass a data breach notification law. eSecurity Planet reports that the legislation, which will go into effect on July 1, requires 'any person who conduct... More >
Lawyer Claims PA School District Took 'Thousands' of Student Images
According to a motion filed in a lawsuit by Michael and Holly Robbins and their teenage son, Blake, the Lower Merion School District in Philadelphia used school-issued laptops to snap thousands of... More >
DoJ Drops Bid for Warrantless Access to Yahoo Mail
According to CNET News , the U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn its controversial bid to view the complete contents of users' Yahoo Mail accounts without first obtaining a search warrant. ... More >
April 16, 2010
SEC Joins Probe in HP Bribery Case
According to an IDG News Service article in BusinessWeek, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into allegations that HP bribed Russian officials to secure a 2003 computer contra... More >
April 14, 2010
Coalition Pushing for Broadband Reclassification
Shortly after a federal appeals court struck down the FCC's 2008 order punishing Comcast, the Open Internet Coalition, whose members include Google and Amazon, is pushing the FCC to reclassify hig... More >
Court Rules Man Who Failed to Remove USB Waives Privacy Claims
Computerworld reports that a federal judge in Florida has ruled that Octavius Durdley, an emergency paramedic with the Bradford County Emergency Services in Florida, waived his privacy claims to t... More >
April 7, 2010
Google Faces Suit Over Alleged Buzz Privacy Rights Violations
According to BusinessWeek , New Yorker Barry Feldman has filed suit against Google, claiming that the search giant's Buzz social-networking service violated the privacy rights of users of the comp... More >
April 6, 2010
Appeals Court Rules Against FCC in Comcast Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has overturned a 2008 citation by the Federal Communications Commission against Comcast for blocking Internet traffic from high-bandwi... More >
April 5, 2010
SEC May Slap Former Dell Employees with Civil Action
According to an IDG News Service article in The New York Times, former Dell employees may be facing civil or administrative action from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to an a... More >
April 2, 2010
Washington Passes Law to Shore up Retail Data Security
eSecurity Planet reports that Washington joins Minnesota and Nevada in passing legislation that will allow banks to recover certain costs and damages from retailers and credit card processors that... More >
Judge Rules Warrantless Wiretapping Illegal
V3.co.uk reports that U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled that the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping system is in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ... More >
April 1, 2010
DoT Proposes Permanent Ban on Texting by Commercial Drivers
According to The Associated Press article on Newsvine.com, the Transportation Department is looking to make permanent a ban on texting by interstate truck and bus drivers. The agency had announce... More >
