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Network Advertising Initiative: Principles Not Privacy

Online profiling is the collection of information about Internet surfing behavior within an advertising network for the purpose of formulating a "Profile" or representation of users' habits and interests. By placing cookies on consumers' computers, online advertisers track millions of Internet users without their knowledge. The controversial practice has seized...

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White papers 2000-07-01

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Accenx Technologies Brings Healthcare IT Solutions to HIMSS08 Interoperability Showcase

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Accenx Technologies, Inc., a leading company in electronic medical records EMR interoperability and health data integration solutions, announced today its participation at the Leadership Level in the HIMSS 2008 Interoperability Showcases, located in the Interoperability Showcase Exhibit area (Booth #7363) of the Orange...

Articles 2008-02-19

The Mount Sinai Medical Center Selects Symantec for Endpoint Data Loss Prevention

Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announcedthat The Mount Sinai Medical Center (NYSE: PNW) has selected Vontu DataLoss Prevention 8 from Symantec to protect Electronic Personal HealthcareInformation EPHI and other confidential data, as well as enablecompliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ActHIPAA. Because The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses...

Articles 2008-02-04

Kazeon enhances Information Server

Kazeon (kazeon.com) has released Version 3 of its Information Server product line. The company reports it now addresses a wide range of electronically stored information beyond the data center-including e-mail, laptops and desktops-and extends support for data centers and remote offices with federation capabilities. Through the expansion, says Kazeon, enterprises...

Articles 2008-02-01

Kazeon Information Access Platform Software and Information Server Set Industry Standard for Total Cost of Ownership

Kazeon Systems, Inc., a leading providerof intelligent eDiscovery solutions, today announced the availability ofversion 3 of its Information Access Platform software and InformationServer product line. Kazeon now addresses a wide range of electronicallystored information beyond the data center, including: eMail, laptops anddesktops and extends support for data centers and remote...

Articles 2007-12-10

The Data Management Institute Announces the Launch of Archive Management.org

A Critical Part of Regulatory Compliance and "Green" IT Operations, Electronic Data Archiving is No Longer Optional AMO provides an On-Line community for Consumers, Vendors and Service Providers focused on Archive Strategies and Technology. TAMPA BAY, Fla. -- Electronic data archiving has become a "must-have" information...

Articles 2007-07-23

Google's Data Policy Criticized

Three public-interest groups have filed a joint complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission FTC, asking it to investigate the potential threat to consumer privacy posed by Google's planned acquisition of DoubleClick, the country's largest ad technology provider. According to media reports, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Center...

Articles 2007-07-01

Mobile devices ripe targets for spies

SAN FRANCISCO, United States AFP — Privacy advocates warn that the shift to using handheld devices for email, telephone calls and Internet searches has created a global gold mine for snoops and spies. Le Monde newspaper has reported that government officials in France are advised against using BlackBerry...

Articles 2007-06-22

Technology expert calls for standard rules, regulations on EHRs

The federal government needs to develop a uniform policy for protecting the confidentiality and security of electronic health records EHRs before the current system of data management becomes even more unmanageable and difficult to navigate, said David C. Kibbe, MD, MBA, senior adviser to the AAFP's Center for Health Information...

Articles 2007-06-01

MySpace agrees to turn over sex offender data.(INDUSTRY NEWS)

In a letter, attorney generals from eight states demanded MySpace.com to provide information on how many registered sex offenders are using the site, and where they live. At first, citing the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act, MySpace.com refused to comply. On May 21,...

Articles 2007-06-01

Google deal for ad firm DoubleClick poses privacy risks: complaint

WASHINGTON AFP — Three activist groups asked US regulators Friday to block Google's takeover of online ad firm DoubleClick, saying it would pose privacy risks by giving the Internet giant unprecedented access to personal data. "Google's proposed acquisition of DoubleClick will give one company access to more information...

Articles 2007-04-20

Transpartisan Coalition Calls for Whistleblower Hearings

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Jesse R. Benton of Liberty Coalition, +1-202-246-6363 WASHINGTON, March 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The LibertyCoalition, a transpartisan public policy group dedicated topreserving the Bill of Rights, personal autonomy and individualprivacy today sent a petition signed by 30 liberal, libertarian andconservative groups including the American Civil Liberties...

Articles 2007-03-07

ER Urgent Care Centers Completes Technology Conversion

ER Urgent Care Centers (PINKSHEETS: ERUG) is proudto announce it has now completed a major conversion to a virtual privatenetwork system. This system will tie together all the centers and speed upthe entire process in which a patient is managed. In addition the billingprocess will now be completely done through...

Articles 2007-01-19

The Search Is On

What could be more revealing than a list of one's search queries? The efficiency of finding what we need on the Web encourages us to quest away--whether we're researching a car purchase, puzzling out some medical symptoms, wondering what happened to an old friend, or gasp groping for erotica. "Your...

Articles 2006-09-18

The Search Is On; "Your search record involves dreams. It's a reflection of what's in one's head".

Byline: Steven Levy What could be more revealing than a list of one's search queries? The efficiency of finding what we need on the Web encourages us to quest away--whether we're researching a car purchase, puzzling out some medical symptoms, wondering...

Articles 2006-09-18

Will You Let Them Store Your Dreams?

What could be more revealing than a list of one's search queries? The efficiency of finding what we need on the Web encourages us to quest away--whether we're researching a car purchase, puzzling out some medical symptoms, wondering what happened to an old friend or gasp groping for erotica. "Your...

Articles 2006-09-11

A tale of two cities...EarthLink to respond to privacy concerns for San Fran network.(News)

Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER EarthLink Inc. is set this week to respond to privacy concerns raised about its bid with Google Inc. to build a municipal Wi-Fi system in San Francisco. The American Civil Liberties Union...

Articles 2006-06-05

Web Winners |

The issue of identity theft came back into focus last week with news that Social Security numbers and other personal information on up to 26.5 million veterans were stolen in the course of a Virginia burglary. Veterans affairs. This federal agency's home page had a notice of the...

Articles 2006-05-28

Saving lives, sharing data

The Utah Department of Health is leading an effort to streamline the exchange of medical records without creating a central database that puts security or privacy at risk. Secure exchange of electronic medical records and other health information, called "eHealth," is touted as safer for patients while...

Articles 2006-05-28

'Climate has changed' for data privacy

A USA TODAY report Thursday that a U.S. spy agency has been secretly collecting phone-call records of millions of Americans is just the latest case of companies turning over private customer data to the government. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, airlines, websites and Las Vegas hotels have...

Articles 2006-05-12