Jon Brodkin reports: Amazon’s cloud computing service should not be used for applications that require advanced security and availability, the Burton Group analyst firm says in a report accusing Amazon of secrecy regarding its cloud data centers. […] Specifically, Burton Group says Amazon customers have no way of determining the “physical redundancy level and data…
OH: Judge blocks GOP request for data
Catherine Candisky reports: A Franklin County judge yesterday temporarily blocked releasing to the Ohio Republican Party the names, addresses and phone numbers of and other information about Ohio teachers, school administrators and staff members. Common Pleas Judge Laurel A. Beatty granted the temporary restraining order at the request of the Ohio Education Association, the state’s…
Law Librarian’s Firing Didn’t Violate Free Speech
Jeff Gorman reports: A law librarian’s free-speech rights weren’t violated when he was fired for blasting his superiors’ alleged “disgusting, degrading, and utterly unprofessional” conduct in an email, a California appeals court ruled. […] Justice McConnell cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2006 opinion in Garcetti v. Ceballos, which states: “Restricting speech that owes its existence…
UK: ICO to appeal Court of Appeal’s judgement on database
Should records of minor criminal convictions from years ago remain in a database where they would be accessible to many? The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Information Tribunal didn’t think that would be consistent with the Data Protection Act, but in October, the Court of Appeals reversed their orders to remove such records….