Chris DiMarco reports: The National Institute of Standards and Technology is probably best known for the cybersecurity guidelines it released in late 2013, but the organization frequently authors reports on critical issues in the technology space. The NIST recently released a draft of one such report designed to aid federal organizations in processing private citizen…
Category: Govt
UK: Findings from ICO audits and follow up reviews of police forces
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: This report highlights our experience of personal data handling of police forces, based on 40 ICO audits and 30 follow-up audits. It is intended to help forces, and others in the criminal justice sector see where they can make improvements in how they handle personal data.
Judge probes destruction of evidence in NSA leak prosecution
Marisa Taylor reports: A federal judge is investigating allegations that the government may have improperly destroyed documents during the high-profile media leak investigation of National Security Agency whistleblower Thomas Drake. U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie Gallagher’s inquiry was launched after Drake’s lawyers in April accused the Pentagon inspector general’s office of destroying possible evidence during Drake’s criminal…
Smoking Ban at Beijing will now Shame Tobacco Users on Internet and charge $32 as fine
The Lauderdale Daily News had this item: Capital city of China, ‘Beijing’ came up with a strict smoking ban on the smokers on Monday. The government warned that if anyone cross this law, their name will be shamed over Internet and Television and has to pay twenty times higher penalty than now. […] This ban…