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RAIN 5/09: Privacy, HIPAA, SW subscriptions, New take on Baker



ABCNews.com 5/8/01
Apple Pie vs Beignets
Global privacy could freeze out U.S. Businesses
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/InternetPrivacy010508.html

by Rose Palazzolo
American businesses often shadow their users on the Web, keeping track of
their moves, what they buy, how they behave. In Europe, that makes them
illegal.
And, experts say, such American behavior could cost Americans business if
they don't comply, or at least bend to, European standards.
"The United States is rapidly on the path to becoming the world's leading
privacy rogue nation," said Joel Reidenberg, law professor at Fordham
University in New York.


Anniston Star 5/8/01
Calhoun County microfilm documents roll into library
http://www.annistonstar.com/news/news_20010508_4537.html

by Taylor Clark
Loose Records Project volunteers received certificates of appreciation
Monday after two years of hard work to preserve some of Calhoun County's
public records on microfilm.
The Alabama Department of Archives and History, or ADAH, recognized
volunteers: Connie and Robert Stoneberg, Dorothy Bishop, Barbara Baker,
Willie Bunt and Francis Wright for their dedication and hard work on the
preservation project. The Stonebergs and Bishop were unable to attend.



Billings Gazette 5/8/01
Strict new privacy law bans sale of information
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=content/local
/privacy.inc

by Kathleen McLaughlin
HELENA - Montana now has one of the nation's best consumer privacy laws,
with the passage of a measure that restricts how companies can distribute
private information about clients, State Auditor John Morrison said Monday.
Morrison said Senate Bill 465, approved overwhelmingly by the 2001
Legislature and signed by Gov. Judy Martz, fixed some major problems with a
1999 state privacy measure and puts in new safeguards to protect consumers.



CNET 5/5/01
Microsoft shelves Office XP subscription plan
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5832371.html?tag=dd.ne.dhm.nl-sty.0

by Joe Wilcox
Microsoft has temporarily nixed a controversial plan to sell Office XP on a
subscription basis to some U.S. customers.
The surprising turn in positioning comes less than a month before Office
XP's official May 31 launch and days after Dell Computer started offering
the productivity suite on new PCs.



CNET 5/7/01
Microsoft to keep software meter running?
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5851009.html

by Joe Wilcox
Microsoft may be changing its licensing practices, potentially compelling
large companies to pay up every three years to continue using a piece of
software.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software company has been talking about selling
software on a subscription basis for some time, but the change analysts see
coming soon could force some of Microsoft's largest customers to rethink how
they buy everything from operating systems to office productivity suites.



The Advocate 5/8/01
Crawfish dealer accused of lying about purchases
http://www.theadvocate.com/news/story.asp?StoryID=21342

by River parishes bureau
An Assumption Parish crawfish dealer was arrested and booked Monday with
lying about the amount of crustaceans he purchased from fishermen.
Dennis P. Cavalier, 32, of Pierre Part was accused of filing papers with the
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries stating he had purchased
3,798 pounds of crawfish in February and March while actually buying 27,391
pounds of the mudbugs.



CRMDaily.com 5/8/01
Internet Privacy: Back to Basics
http://www.crmdaily.com/perl/story/9473.html

by Paul A. Greenberg
www.EcommerceTimes.com
Deep into the second quarter of the year and after months spent struggling
to survive, e-tailers are finally shifting their focus back to the basics,
including, of course, consumer privacy.
With the economy finally showing signs of stabilizing, Web merchants are
confronting the issue of who should serve as regulator of online privacy --
private industry or the government.


Daily Yomiuri 5/9/01
Osaka courts open disciplinary records
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20010509wo33.htm

In an unprecedented move made at the request of The Yomiuri Shimbun, the
Osaka District and High courts disclosed Tuesday judiciary records of the
seven disciplinary measures meted out to their employees over the past five
years.


Daily Yomiuri 5/9/01
6,844 document requests made in month
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20010509wo32.htm

In the month since the information-disclosure law took effect, requests for
official documents from all ministries and agencies numbered 6,844, the
Public Management Ministry said Tuesday.
About half of the total figure--3,581 requests--were made on April 2, the
first day requests were accepted.



The Guardian 5/8/01
Transco loses gas leak records
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,487219,00.html

by Felicity Lawrence
Transco, the privatised monopoly that operates Britain's gas pipe network,
has admitted that it has lost its regional records of the number of gas
leaks left for repair.
Industry sources told the Guardian that the number of gas leaks yet to be
fixed had doubled in London and Scotland in the past two years.


Pioneer Planet 5/7/01
Handhelds boot up to new role as owners' primary computers
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/tech/ptk_docs/48546.htm

by Julio Ojeda-Zapata
Michael Ducker of St. Paul says his parents needed convincing when he asked
them for a Handspring Visor handheld computer late last year.
Adults commonly use the compact Visors and other such portable gizmos to
keep track of their schedules and, increasingly, to go online and do
full-bore "productivity" work such as word processing.


Federal Computer Week 5/8/01
HIPAA no easy mandate
http://www.civic.com/civic/articles/2001/0507/web-hipaa-05-08-01.asp

by Dibya Sarkar
Complying with a federal law to standardize, manage and electronically share
health care information will be much harder than making systems Year
2000-ready, experts told state officials Monday.
Panelists outlined what state governments need to do to meet the deadlines
of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The
discussion came during a session of the National Association of State
Information Resource Officers' midyear conference in Austin, Texas.



Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 5/8/01
Web site denied Earnhardt photos
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/race/ap/may01/ap-car-earnhardt-a050801.asp

Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - An appeals court denied a Web site operator access to
Dale Earnhardt's autopsy photos.
Michael Uribe, owner of a DeLand-based Web site, wanted to overturn a lower
court's decision barring the release of photos taken of the racing great
after his death at the Daytona 500 in February.



Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 5/1/01
Last-minute rush to beat shot deadline
http://www.post-gazette.com/healthscience/20010501measles2.asp

by Jane Elizabeth
Copies of measles immunization records kept the city schools' fax machines
beeping yesterday, as parents across Pittsburgh tried to prevent their
children from being suspended from classes today.
The last-minute surge may have helped reduce the number of city students who
didn't meet yesterday's deadline to prove they've had their second measles
shot.
Still, just under 4,000 Pittsburgh Public Schools pupils yesterday didn't
have that proof.



Modern Physician 5/1/01
Will-o'-the-wisp: HIPAA privacy regulations are in place but not set in
stone
http://www.modernphysician.com/archive/article.php3?refid=1283

by Rebecca Lentz
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson's announcement that the HIPAA privacy
regulations are final but subject to tinkering has medical executives
wondering how they can comply with a moving target.
Thompson announced the final regulations April 13. The privacy regulations
are the second leg of the three-legged stool that is the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act.


Modern Physician 5/1/01
For sale: Privacy concerns, drug marketing collide at the AMA
http://www.modernphysician.com/archive/article.php3?refid=1288

by Joseph Conn
In December, the AMA House of Delegates resolved to stop drug companies from
profiling physician prescribing patterns. The profiles are used to target
and market drugs to doctors.
Nonetheless, the AMA continues in the lucrative business of selling to drug
marketers the asociation's comprehensive list of physicians that contains
key Drug Enforcement Agency physician ID numbers.



New York Times 5/8/01
Court considers ownership of seized 'Hitler' paintings
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/arts/08HITL.html?searchpv=nytToday

by William H. Honan
Washington, May 7 - In a climate- controlled basement downtown, at a
location that the United States Army has insisted on keeping secret since
the end of World War II, is a carefully executed, traditional watercolor of
a quaint, empty courtyard. Measuring about 16 by 21 inches, it lies in a
steel-gray cabinet along with three others by the same hand.



New York Times 5/8/01
Smithsonian's board votes to shut artifact preservation center
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/science/08SMIT.html?searchpv=nytToday

by Elaine Sciolino
Washington, May - The Smithsonian Institution will proceed with plans to
eliminate a center that analyzes and researches the conservation of art,
artifacts and scientific specimens, in contrast with its decision over the
weekend to forgo the closing of its zoological conservation center, the
secretary of the Smithsonian said today.



New York Times 5/8/01
Story of Viking colonies' icy 'Pompeii' unfolds from ancient Greenland farm
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/science/08VIKI.html?searchpv=nytToday

by James Brooke
Nuuk, Greenland - The fate of Greenland's Norse colonies has endured as a
human mystery ever since the last Scandinavians vanished from this island,
apparently two generations before Columbus rediscovered America for
Europeans.



ZDNet 5/8/01
Time to get serious about e-trust
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2716533,00.html

by Patrick Howard
COMMENTARY--In 1780, a British spy disembarked on the bank of the Hudson
River near West Point. Captain John Andre was carrying confidential American
military papers to the British Military command in New York City. He also
had a document identifying him as an American by the name of John Anderson.
The pass was certified by one of General Washington's trusted authorities,
Benedict Arnold.



SFGate 5/8/01
Paper Trail
Can Digital media match the longevity of plain old print
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/expound/

Neil McAllister
Special to SFGate
In his new book, "Double Fold: Libraries And The Assault On Paper" (Random
House), Nicholson Baker brings up an interesting point. For thousands of
years, paper records have allowed historians to glimpse human culture of the
past. But scholars of the future, Baker points out, might not be so lucky --
thanks in part to an over-reliance on technology.



Rutland Herald 5/8/01
Bill to fix confidentiality law advances
http://rutlandherald.nybor.com/News/State/Story/25819.html

by David Mace
MONTPELIER - A bill that would allow alleged victims of domestic violence to
hide their addresses from their abusers has won preliminary approval in the
Senate, but at least one senator has reservations about the measure.
The bill fixes an oversight in one passed last year by the Legislature,
which set up a program that would allow people who were the victims of
alleged domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking to get a post office
box address with the Vermont secretary of state's office.


Standard-Examiner 5/8/01
Juvenile records to stay until offender 18
http://www1.standard.net/stories/local/05-2001/FTP0155@local@08juvenile@Ogde
n.asp

by Ralph Wakley
SALT LAKE CITY -- During its inaugural meeting, a task force studying
proposed changes in the process of expunging juvenile criminal records
quickly agreed Monday that arrest and court information should not be
deleted until the offender is at least age 18.
"Most judges interpret it that way already," said Salt Lake County juvenile
prosecutor Beth Lindsley. "I think 18 is good enough."



Bergen Record 5/8/01
Teacher says privacy rights were violated
http://www.bergen.com/pnorth/wittymb200105085.htm

by Matthew Brown
BLOOMINGDALE -- The president of the local teachers union has accused a
school board member with rifling through her personnel file without
permission and appealed to the state commissioner of education for possible
disciplinary action.
Eight-year board member Gerald Witty acknowledged Monday that he searched
teacher Deborah Ciambrone's files, but said he was given clearance by the
school administration.



The Times 5/8/01
Columbus 'discovered America earlier'
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,3-126037,00.html

by Richard Owen
AMERICA was not discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, on behalf of
Spain,because he had sailed to the New World seven years earlier on a secret
mission for the Pope, according to scholars.
Ruggero Marino, a writer and historian, said the 1492 journey was a return
visit. He said this emerged from study of an early 16th-century Ottoman map,
which showed that Columbus found America in 1485, during the reign of Pope
Innocent VIII.



The Detroit News 5/8/01
These days, keeping your privacy private is full-time job
http://www.detnews.com/2001/metro/0105/08/d01-221690.htm

by Laura Berman
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR PRIVACY.
If this message in large letters has gotten your attention, I'm surprised.
For weeks, every bank, insurance company and credit card company in America
has been mailing leaflets with this same or similar message. I tossed out
four before I finally read one.



Time.com 5/5/01
The Nun Study
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,108789,00.html

by Michael D. Lemonick and Alice Park Mankato
It's the day after Easter, and the first crocus shoots have ventured
tentatively above the ground at the convent on Good Counsel Hill. This is
Minnesota, however; the temperature is 23°F and the wind chill makes it feel
far colder. Yet even though she's wearing only a skirt and sweater, Sister
Ada, 91, wants to go outside. She wants to feed the pigs.



Wall Street Journal 5/7/01
An Accidental Archivist builds a photo trove
http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve.cgi?id=SB989187714131257969.djm&;
template=pasted-2001-05-07.tmpl

by Tom Nolan
Michael Ochs had no idea he was sowing the seeds of his own future
million-dollar business when he set aside a few 8-by-10 glossies of Columbia
Records artists in 1970. As Columbia's West Coast director of publicity, he
just thought he was being prudent.
"I saw them throwing away photographs," Mr. Ochs recalls, "and I said, 'You
guys should not throw this away.' 'No,' they said, 'just throw it away.' So
I would throw away the quantity but keep two or three and take 'em home,
just so there was a reference."





Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management Group
Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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