SEC appoints first archivist.(UP FRONT)(David Brown )(Brief
article)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced
that David Brown has been appointed as the agency's first
archivist. Brown will lead the agency's records management and
vital . . .
Google reduces data retention period.(UP FRONT)
In an effort to quell recent criticism from privacy watchdogs and
the European Union, Google announced it would reduce the length of time
it retains web users' search histories to 18 months rather . . .
Agencies take steps to safeguard data.(UP FRONT)
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has ordered all federal
agencies to eliminate the unnecessary collection and use of Social
Security numbers by 2009.
That order and several other new . . .
Data security challenges small firms.(UP FRONT)(Survey)
According to a recent survey conducted by Visa USA and the National
Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), 57 percent of small
businesses do not consider securing customer data something . . .
UK National archives, Microsoft working to access old file
formats.(UP FRONT)
British Library research suggests Europe loses 3 billion euros each
year in business value because of inaccessible data.
According to BBC News, the UK National Archives, which holds 900
years of . . .
Japanese bank loses 1 million records.(UP FRONT)(Resona Bank
Inc.)(Brief article)
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Resona, a major Japanese bank, reported that it lost transaction
records on about 980,000 customers--a new record for data loss among the
country's banks.
According to a . . .
EU adopts Prum Treaty.(UP FRONT)(European Union)
The European Council of Ministers has agreed to allow all EU
nations to share access to genetic records, fingerprints, and traffic
offenses, as well as allow national police to operate across . . .
PIPEDA compliance improving slowly.(UP FRONT)(Canada. Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 2000)
As new data breaches during 2006 reinforced concerns about security
issues and trans-border data flows in Canada, there has never been a
greater need to take data protection seriously, according to . . .
Secrecy costs $541,000 in WA.(UP FRONT)(Brief article)
Withholding public records will cost Washington's Department
of Corrections $541,000--the largest penalty of its kind slapped on a
public agency in the state.
In June, Thurston County Superior . . .
Law firm offers online privacy library.(UP
FRONT)(www.mofoprivacy.com)(Morrison and Foerster L.L.P.)(Brief
article)
Researchers, lawyers, academicians, and those just curious now have
an easy-to-use online resource for finding privacy laws and information
for countries around the world.
Law firm Morrison & . . .
Yale U. press to publish Stalin's library.(UP FRONT)(Yale
University Press)(Russian State Archive of Contemporary History)
The Russian State Archive of Contemporary History and Yale
University Press have made an agreement to digitize Joseph Stalin's
personal library and some 440,000 other documents belonging to the . . .
Minnesota enacts e-health law.(UP FRONT)
Minnesota recently became the first U.S. state to require all
healthcare payers and providers to submit claims and eligibility
transactions electronically using a common format starting in 2009.
. . .
5 million records exposed each month.(UP FRONT)(Brief
article)
According to information from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
(PRC), data breaches have reached epidemic proportions. The San
Diego-based consumer information and advocacy group lists a . . .
VP challenges classified data order.(UP FRONT)(Vice
President)(United States. National Archives and Records
Administration)
For four years, Vice President Dick Cheney's office has
refused to comply with an executive order governing the classification,
declassification, and safeguarding of sensitive government . . .
NARA intern gets 15 months for theft.(UP FRONT)(National Archives
and Records Administration)(Brief article)
The 40-year-old National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
intern who pied guilty to stealing 164 Civil War documents from the NARA
branch in Philadelphia has been sentenced to 15 months . . .
Ex-Boeing employee stole 320,000 files.(UP FRONT)
Former employee Gerald Eastman calls himself a whistle-blower, but
Boeing Co. says he is a thief who stole more than 320,000 pages of
confidential company documents.
In July, the former . . .
RAM ruling raises privacy issues.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)(random access memory)(Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.)(Ca
A Los Angeles judge issued what some are calling a groundbreaking
ruling in a copyright case that may shake up U.S. laws governing
electronic discovery.
In Columbia Pictures Industries v. . . .
FOIA request backlog decades old.(UP FRONT: News, Trends &
Analysis)
The U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was enacted 40 years ago
to give citizens, journalists, businesses, and public interest groups
access to government information, but advocates for open . . .
Get serious about e-discovery.(IN FOCUS: A Message from the
Editors)(Survey)
In early August, consulting services provider Contoural Inc. and
Osterman Research released a survey showing that companies are
"largely unprepared" for responding to litigation. How
unprepared? . . .
MoReq2: the new model for developing, procuring electronic
records management systems: the 2008 version of Model Requirements fo
Most records and information management professionals are familiar
with the European Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic
Records, commonly referred to as MoReq. Much like the U. S. . . .
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