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Governance

August 2010

August 30, 2010

Appeals Court Ruling Allows Warrantless GPS Tracking by Feds

Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a petition by Juan Pineda-Moreno for a rehearing of his case by the full Ninth Circuit panel of judges, reports Compute... More >

August 24, 2010

California Law Seeks to Ban 'E-Personation'

California State Sen. Joseph Simitian has sponsored a bill that bans online impersonation . According to InformationWeek , the bill makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly and without consent credibly ... More >

Philadelphia to Bloggers: Start Paying Taxes

Bloggers in the city of Philadelphia should be prepared to start paying a business tax, according to Computerworld .   The tax is aimed at bloggers who make money from their online efforts. Ma... More >

August 19, 2010

Spain Opens Investigation into Google's Data Collecting

The fallout from Google's collection of bits of private information that people send over unencrypted Wi-Fi networks continues. The New York Times reports that a Spanish judge has opened an invest... More >

August 18, 2010

U.S. to Review Whether H-1B Visa Fee Hike Breaks WTO Rules

The U.S. State Department says the government is looking into whether a law that increases some visa fees complies with World Trade Organization rules , according to Computerworld .   On Frida... More >

August 17, 2010

Former DC CTO Employees Sentenced in Kickback Scheme

Yusuf Acar and Farrukh Awan , two former employees of the District of Columbia's Office of Chief Technology Officer, have received prison sentences for their roles in a kickback scheme, according to ... More >

August 12, 2010

Credit Card Security Standard Gets Revision

Businesses can expect a revised version of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard at the beginning of September, according to Computerworld .   The PCI Security Standards Council sa... More >

August 11, 2010

EU Joins FTC's Antitrust Probe of Apple

The New York Post reports that an unnamed source says the European Commission has joined the Federal Trade Commission's probe into whether Apple's policies for mobile software developers harms com... More >

August 10, 2010

Senate Democrats Introduce Data Breach Bill

Senators Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and John Rockefeller, D-W.V., have introduced the Data Security and Breach Notification Act , a bill that would require businesses and nonprofit groups to meet baseline ... More >

FTC Puts Stop to Domain-Name Registration Scheme

Computerworld reports that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has announced that Judge Robert Dow Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, has ordered ... More >

Court: Warrantless GPS Tracking Violates Fourth Amendment Rights

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit has ruled that federal agents do not have the right to conduct around-the-clock warrantless GPS tracking of suspects, reports Compute... More >

August 6, 2010

Senate Boosts Border Security with H-1B Fee Increase

In an effort to offset a $600 million "emergency package" to improve security along the Mexican border, the U.S. Senate has approved a large H-1B fee increase .   According to Computerworld , ... More >

August 4, 2010

FBI to Wikipedia: Remove Our Seal

CNET News reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigations is demanding that Wikipedia take down the FBI's official seal in an article about the agency because it had not approved use of the imag... More >

August 3, 2010

Connecticut Probes Amazon, Apple E-Book Deals

The Connecticut Attorney General's Office has launched a probe into Apple and Amazon for entering into potentially anticompetitive agreements with electronic book retailers, according to an IDG Ne... More >

August 2, 2010

White House Seeks Easier Access to Records of Internet Activity

According to The Washington Post , the Obama Administration wants to add to the list of items that the law says the FBI may demand without a judge's approval.   The governmenet wants to add "e... More >

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