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RAIN 12/05: Privacy issues



CNSNews.com 12/04/00
UK Police want access to records of all electronic communications
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200

012\For20001204c.html

by Patrick Goodenough
CNS London Bureau Chief
London (CNSNews.com) - Civil liberties campaigners in Britain are alarmed at
the news that the security services hope to get access to records of every
phone call, email and internet connection made in the country.
The Home Office has confirmed that the police and intelligence agencies have
proposed that the records be kept for seven years, and that investigators be
allowed access to them when tackling crimes.
The actual content of the calls and messages would not be stored, merely the
record of who called or e-mailed whom and when, as well as every webpage
visited - information that could possibly be used to help solve crimes by
establishing proof of innocence or guilt.


Las Vegas Sun 12/04/00
Judge rules against county in battle over cellular records
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-crime/2000/dec/04/511123470.html

by Kim Smith
In a written decision released late Friday, District Judge Mark Denton gave
Clark County 30 days to provide a local newspaper the copies of cellular
phone records it requested nearly three years ago.
If the county does not do so, Denton said a daily fine of $500 will be
imposed until his order is followed.
Denton issued his ruling three days after attorneys for the Las Vegas
Review-Journal asked him to hold the county in civil and criminal contempt
for failing to comply with a September state Supreme Court decision.
In his ruling, Denton said that while he believes the county is guilty of
civil contempt, he is "unable to conclude, based upon the evidence adduced,
that there has been a willful, criminal contempt" of the Supreme Court's
ruling.



Sandusky Register 12/04/00
U.S. patent records find home at university library
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/cgi-bin/LiveIQue.acgi$rec=57400?localnewsdaily

Associated Press
Tucked away in a corner of Wright State University's library are details of
nearly every American invention since 1790, when Thomas Jefferson served as
commerce secretary under President George Washington.
Wilbur and Orville Wright's flying machine, Ermal Fraze's pop-top can,
Charles Kettering's electric starter and millions of other patented
innovations are stored on dozens of CD-ROMs and DVDs that take up only a few
library shelves.
Wright State houses all 2.3 million trademarks dating to 1871 and patents
from 1790 to 1938 and 1994 to the present. The other 55 years of patents are
available online.



Binghampton Press & Sun-Bulletin 12/04/00
Endicott board at odds over meeting records
http://www.binghamtonpress.com/binghamtonnews/local/Monews5.html

by William Moyer
Two trustees have accused the Endicott village clerk of falling too far
behind in handing out printed copies of the minutes of meetings and work
sessions
And that, they say, means the village is not complying with the state's Open
Meetings Law, which requires written minutes to be prepared within two weeks
of a public meeting
Trustees Alberta Fiori-Gazda and Frank Palmisano, both Democrats, say the
board has not received the minutes from 21 meetings or work sessions, dating
back as far as a Feb 29 work session and including regular board meetings in
May, June, August and September
They fault the village clerk, Bruce W Myers, who was appointed to his job by
Republican Mayor Michael E Colella shortly after the mayor took office in
January



Providence Journal 12/04/00
Kelly donates Senate papers to PC
http://www.projo.com/cgi-bin/story.pl/news/04641091.htm

by Ariel Sabar
Immortality is relative in politics, where this year's rising star is next
year's has-been. But fate's fickle winds may have met their match in Sen.
Paul S. Kelly, who has already taken steps to cement his place in history.
Just days after he was overthrown as Senate majority leader last month, Kelly
donated his public papers -- all 51 boxes worth -- to the archives at
Providence College, his alma mater.
The donation is on the scale of an oeuvre, with a news release from Kelly's
office describing the gift as "all of the papers and files accumulated during
his eight-year tenure as Rhode Island's Senate majority leader."



The Standard 12/04/00
Privacy centers have their eyes on Amazon
http://www.thestandard.net/article/display/0,1151,20586,00.html

by Keith Perine
WASHINGTON - A group of American and European privacy advocates asked their
respective governments on Monday to investigate alleged violations of fair
trade and data privacy laws at Amazon.com (AMZN) and its British subsidiary.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center as well as Junkbusters have asked
the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon for "unfair and deceptive
trade practices," while London-based Privacy International asked the U.K.'s
Data Protection Commissioner to investigate Amazon.co.uk for violations of
British data protection law.



Los Angeles Times 12/03/00
Jefferson's College Plans go to auction.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/20001203/t000115941.html



BBC News 12/03/00
Spy plans 'threat to human rights'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1052000/1052341.stm

Civil liberties campaigners have warned the government that granting police
and secret services greater snooping powers would be a breach of human
rights.
It has been reported that British intelligence services and the police are
seeking powers to log all telephone calls, e-mails and internet traffic in
the UK.
The Home Office has confirmed a report in The Observer newspaper that MI5,
MI6 and the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) are jointly
requesting new legislation requiring communication service providers (CSPs)
to log phone calls and keep details for seven years.



Chicago Tribune 12/04/00
Revamp urged of open records law
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/version1/article/0,1575,SAV-0012040189,00.html

Tribune News Services
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN A study group says the Legislature should amend
Wisconsin's open-records law because a state Supreme Court ruling has made it
too confusing.
The confusion has prompted city attorneys across Wisconsin to delay or refuse
requests for records and documents that once were easily obtained by the
public and news media.



Times of India 12/05/00
Two engineers held for cyber theft
http://www.timesofindia.com/today/05indi16.htm

CALCUTTA: Two computer engineers have been arrested for stealing computer
data from a private firm in Calcutta, police said on Monday.
"The two engineers have been booked on Friday night on charges ranging from
tampering with documents, illegally accessing, copying and damaging data in a
computer," Banibrata Basu, head of Calcutta Police's detective unit, said.



Cincinnati Enquirer 12/4/00
Time capsule from 1883 yields coins, documents
http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/12/04/loc_time_capsule_from.html

by Tom O'Neill