Posts Tagged ‘risk’

Privacy Initiatives Sincere Or Marketing Ploy?

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Yesterday San Jose Mercury News printed a story about how Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask are going to “limit” the personally identifiable information (PII) they collect online.

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The Importance of Policies…Breathalyzer = Drug Test = Physical Search = 4th Amendment Violation?: Iowa High School Students Given Breathalyzer Tests at the Prom

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

I’m always interested in reading about information security and privacy issues reported here in the heartland.
A story in my local daily paper, the Des Moines Register, caught my eye and filled my thoughts today and points out, among other things, the importance of having policies and communicating them.

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Privacy: Surveillance and Poor Security Practices

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Today I read with interest an article in the U.K.’s Guardian Unlimited, “Surveillance ‘intrudes on our lives‘.”
I am doing some research into various surveillance methods, such as with CCTV, key loggers, and other methods of surreptitiously recording the activities of individuals, typically without their consent, and often without their knowledge.

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