Waking In The Half World
CounterCurrents.org
and the general collapse of both a functional economy (with debts already beyond comprehension) and honest government (if we consider, for example, how casually the US dumped its Constitution and replaced it with the Patriot Act).

More Than 1000 Civil Servants Move to New Office Building
STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription)
The head of the Statistics Office Irena Križman was happy about an upgraded safe room, a special place for researchers dealing with microdata, and a modern server room meeting the highest data protection standards. The building is custom-made to meet ...

He's Back: Leery of Leahy
Dissident Voice
Does the Patriot Act ring a bell? Without a doubt, this bill represents the most fundamental attack on our constitution ever waged. It was first launched by a Republican and then reauthorized without change by a Democrat. Money, greed and legal bribery ...

TSA Rail, Subway Spot-Checks Raise Privacy Issues
KTVZ
By Thom PattersonCNN (CNN) -- Rick Vetter and his teen son got a pretty good look at the legal line between privacy and security last month, as they wrapped up a day trip to Charlotte, North Carolina. After watching the NFL's Atlanta Falcons beat the ...

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From Mar 1, Google will consolidate 60 privacy policies into one
Hindustan Times
In a very significant move which has the potential to impinge upon privacy rights, from March 1, 60 Google products will be consolidated into one single database. and easier to read. Our new policy covers multiple products and features, reflecting our ...

Who would you like to see win the Republican Presidential nomination?
Cape Coral Daily Breeze
Furthermore, the staus quo is all about nation building and war. Paul is all about freindship, diplomacy, trade and peace. Furthermore, the status quo is all about growing a police state. Paul is against the Patriot Act, the TSA.

WSJ BLOG/Davos Live: At Davos, with an eye on Syria
Zawya (registration) (blog)
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Gama Aviation opens new Sharjah FBO for executive aircraft handling
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4 ways to manage your online reputation
ITworld.com
DPD, as it's known, is a day to "increase awareness of privacy and data protection issues among consumers, organizations and government officials and help industry, academia, and advocates to highlight consumer privacy efforts." Hear, hear.

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Opinion: Data Privacy Day serves as reminder of risks companies may face in ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
... not only do companies need protection from those attempting to steal private information, they also need financial protection from regulatory actions, as federal and state governments levy fines and increase data-protection requirements.

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Thales Named Finalists in Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Awards
Business Wire (press release)
... to delivering innovative and high quality security solutions to our customers.” Visit us at RSA Conference 2012, February 27 – March 2, San Francisco, Booth #723 and learn more about our cloud security, data protection and key management solutions.

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Integreon Opens Onshore LPO Delivery Centre in Bristol
Business Wire (press release)
The Bristol facility will provide Integreon's law firm and corporate clients with the support services they need to help reduce costs and more easily scale their operations from a location that meets UK Data Protection Act requirements and provides UK ...

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AuthenTec Launches Fingerprint Security Solution for Apple Mac OS X Lion Platforms
Business Wire (press release)
The Company's diverse product and technology offering helps protect individuals and organizations through secure networking, content and data protection, access control and strong fingerprint security on PCs and mobile devices.

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Gama Aviation opens new Sharjah FBO for Executive Aircraft Handling
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ITU's Connect Arab Summit puts broadband at the very top of the region's ...
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AUS continues to launch important initiatives and strategies in collaboration ...
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Commentary: Taking the 'Red Scare' off the law books
Sacramento Bee
By Peter Callaghan Last week's hearing on Washington state House Bill 2251 didn't take long, a few minutes to explain that it was a simple bill to repeal a law ruled unconstitutional nearly four decades ago. "I think it devalues our criminal code to ...

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French press review 28 January 2012
RFI
In case you weren't aware, today is 'European day of data protection' and Liberation carries an article about how much data the French state stores about its citizens. Libé worries that the DNA of those suspected of crimes can be stored for up to 25 ...

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Turning the corner
Budapest Times
One is the new structure of data-protection regulation, the second is a law forcing all judges over the age of 62 into retirement. Critics have expressed the concern that Orbán's Fidesz party, with a two-thirds parliamentary majority, could use that ...

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Littler Mendelson | NLRB Report Challenges Validity of Many Commonly Used ...
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
Philip Gordon, Chair of Littler Mendelson's Privacy and Data Protection Practice Gorup, is a Shareholder in the Denver office. If you would like further information, please contact your Littler attorney at 1.888.Littler, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or Mr. Gordon ...

Rail Communications Pioneer Huawei Joins Rail Leaders at MiddleEastRail 2012
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Commentary: Taking the 'Red Scare' off the law books
Kansas City Star
Last week's hearing on Washington state House Bill 2251 didn't take long, a few minutes to explain that it was a simple bill to repeal a law ruled unconstitutional nearly four decades ago. "I think it devalues our criminal code to have laws on the ...

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SNAX and Al Rajhi Bank sign an agreement to install ATM machines at SNAX branches
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Big changes afoot for personal data
Cyprus Mail
By Poly Pantelides Published on January 28, 2012 IN A BID to bring personal data protection up to date with the realities of the internet and cross-border businesses, the European Commission is proposing a series of changes to update its 1995 Directive ...

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Cypriots careful of privacy on the net
Cyprus Mail
Around 26000 people in the EU, including 500 Cypriot residents were interviewed between November and December 2010, in what was the largest survey ever conducted on attitudes on data protection and electronic identity.

Ospero launches 'Distribution as a Service' data privacy solution
Your-Story.org (press release)
The Ospero DaaS platform is aimed at SaaS, ISVs and Open Source vendors who want and need to embrace local Data Protection acts in order to comply in jurisdictions outside of their own domestic markets. Jason Currill, CEO of Ospero, commented “Since ...

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London 2012: Olympic Scams, Cons, Flim-Flams And Swindles - And How To Avoid Them
Huffington Post UK
"The organised network don't have organised processes and procedures to follow under Data Protection rules and things like that. "They work on the basis of trust, and you scratch my back I'll scratch yours. The speed at which they become knowledgeable ...

MARC revises outlook on Aras Sejagat Sdn Bhd's Sukuk rating on guarantor ...
Zawya (registration) (press release)
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Empowering the nationals, who enrich the nation
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Anti-bully law in N.J. must change or go, panel rules | Philadelphia Inquirer ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Associated Press Steven Goldstein, chairman of Garden State Equality, a gay-rights group that pushed for the measure signed by Gov. Christie last January, said lawmakers could make changes quickly to keep the law in force. TRENTON - A little-known ...

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Dubai Airport Freezone hosts Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Tech Leaders Call for Global Harmony on Privacy, Security
PC Advisor
In particular, they look at the 1974 Privacy Act and the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, governing statutes whose authors could not have envisioned the rise of Web services or cloud computing, yet still define their policy framework.

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Money grinds Congress to halt
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Many are just Band-Aids: temporary extensions of the payroll tax cut, repeal of 1099 reporting requirements, extensions of unemployment benefits as well as provisions of the Patriot Act. When I was a daily newspaper reporter, I would occasionally call ...

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Man's £18k payout after ex-girlfriend viewed his medical records
Plymouth Herald
The court heard the data protection breach and its aftermath significantly affected Mr Grinyer's mental health, aggravating an existing paranoid personality disorder, causing severe stress, anxiety and a breakdown. He said the woman first used the ...

Michael J. Dee: Marijuana busts illegal
Summit Daily News
I claim criminalizing marijuana is an unreasonable and unnecessary regulation of my fundamental rights to liberty, to property and to privacy and contravenes the 4th, 5th and 14th Amendments. Criminal laws present a case or controversy under Article ...

European Data Protection Day aims to raise citizens' awareness
New Europe
The annual European Data Protection Day, a joint initiative by the European Commission and the Council of Europe, is on 28 January and aims to give people the chance to understand what personal data is collected and processed about them and why, ...

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Geopolitical risk weighs on GCC assets
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UK internet users unaware of risks of public WiFi
Acumin
Over half of WiFi users in the UK are unaware of the data protection risks of using the wireless network in public, according to a new study. Produced in collaboration with YouGov and UK2, a web hosting company, the survey found that 56 per cent of UK ...

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Is a phone a tracking device?
Boston Globe
It was an important vindication of privacy rights in the digital age. But the reasoning of a five-vote majority of justices didn't go far enough - and left a lot of ambiguity in an area of law begging for more clarity. Antoine Jones, the subject of the ...

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Tweet lightly: How social media could someday affect your credit score ...
Digitaltrends.com
The European Commission has just proposed new data protection laws that would enshrine a “right to be forgotten” for individuals, and the US Federal Trade Commission has forced Facebook to toe the line on sharing user information with third parties.

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Happy Data Privacy Day, Punk!
Redmondmag.com
The January 28 date was officially designated Data Privacy Day via resolutions passed by Congress, which hasn't been particularly scrupulous about privacy issues in recent years. Congress has repeatedly extended the USA PATRIOT Act, ...

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Paulitics applauded at Colby
Morning Sentinel
He condemned the Patriot Act and the portion of the National Defense Authorization Act that allows the military to detain citizens in the United States and hold them indefinitely without trial. Paul, a physician, said the government also intervenes too ...

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Google privacy policy draws lawmakers' concern
San Francisco Chronicle
The move rankled regulators, including data-protection agencies in Ireland and France, along with consumer groups such as San Francisco's Common Sense Media, who said the change might limit users' control over what the company can do with their ...

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Occupations Report Jan. 27, 2012
Free Speech TV (blog)
... grounds and calls upon the Court to issue the protective preemptive Writ and to refer over twenty named criminal charges including Seditious Conspiracy against the members of Congress who voted in favor of the USA Patriot Act and NDAA 2012.

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UN body tells PHL: Reform your libel laws
GMA News
The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has declared criminal libel laws in the Philippines “incompatible with the freedom of expression protected under international human rights law,” and that the nation “should take appropriate actions to ...

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Mason Hayes+Curran | Data Protection: Regime Change
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
The proposed changes, if passed into law, would represent a fundamental change in how businesses process personal data. They will represent nothing less than an overhaul of the current data protection regime. Assuming the proposed reforms are adopted, ...

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Sidley Austin LLP | New EU Data Protection Regulation Announced
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
Class Actions – any organisation which aims to protect the data protection rights of individuals, such as consumer organisations, can make complaints to supervisory authorities and bring class actions on behalf of individuals for non-compliance, ...

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Eversheds LLP | Eversheds' international HR e-briefing - January 2012
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
More Agency worker changes made an impact in 2011, while data protection changes are expected in 2012. More A new minimum wage in 2011 is resulting in workplace inspections, to ensure compliance, in 2012. More With the final text of the new Labour Code ...

Eversheds LLP | New European Data Protection Regulation
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
The European Commission, after much speculation and anticipation published on January 25th two legislative proposals: a Regulation setting out a general EU framework for data protection and a Directive on protecting personal data processed for the ...

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Thales Named Finalists in Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Awards
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
... to delivering innovative and high quality security solutions to our customers.” Visit us at RSA Conference 2012, February 27 – March 2, San Francisco, Booth #723 and learn more about our cloud security, data protection and key management solutions.

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