The Office of Management and Budget is seeking public comments on the use of Web tracking techniques on federal government websites. Government agencies are currently prohibited from using persistent identifiers, such as cookies, except when there is a compelling need. EPIC, in comments to the President’s Office of Science & Technology, said that the government…
Category: U.S.
Customers take umbrage over BoA policy
Gail Jozitis isn’t the first person to walk out of a Bank of America with an empty wallet, incensed over the bank’s fingerprinting policy. As is the case with all customers who don’t have an account with the bank, when she tried earlier this month to cash a check drawn on a Bank of America…
EU expected to share bank details with U.S.
Although howls of protests have been raised, European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday were expected to give the green light for further negotiations between the EU and the US on providing bank details to American authorities in terrorism investigations. […] In fact, the US has already had access to European banking information…
Woman responsible for loss of anonymity
The civil complaint doesn’t just accuse Ben Roethlisberger of a heinous and despicable act. It also labels him a slob. That curious assertion sticks out in the 36-page lawsuit that accuses the Steelers’ star quarterback of sexually assaulting a woman in a Nevada hotel room in July 2008. It sticks out because the lawsuit alleging…