What’s that old adage that if something looks too good to be true….? Jordan Schrader reports: State government plans to outsource the operation of its main face on the Internet to a private company that it says can run the Access Washington website at no cost to state taxpayers. Kansas-based NIC Inc. will, of course,…
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Not So Settled: FTC Language Change Could Add Liability
E. J. Schultz reports: When faced with allegations of false advertising, the goal for most marketers is pretty simple: settle and stay out of court. But that might be harder to do as the Federal Trade Commission begins taking a harder line on deals, requiring new boilerplate language that ad lawyers say could harm the…
Google Transparency Report: Shedding more light on National Security Letters
From Google’s blog today: .. When conducting national security investigations, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation can issue a National Security Letter (NSL) to obtain identifying information about a subscriber from telephone and Internet companies. The FBI has the authority to prohibit companies from talking about these requests. But we’ve been trying to find a…
NY: Cuomo announces 13,000 identity fraud cases investigated by DMV using facial recognition technology
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has investigated 13,000 possible cases of identity fraud since facial recognition technology was implemented three years ago. These investigations have resulted in more than 2,500 arrests and more than 5,000 individuals facing administrative action. In February 2010, DMV implemented facial recognition…