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TECH Needs to Opt-In For ID Protection
InternetNews.com - USA
... After the disclosure from credit-check company ChoicePoint that an
ID theft ring gained access to the its vital credit information, putting
145,000 consumers ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/commentary/article.php/3486001>

WLBZ Bangor, Mon, 28 Feb 2005 5:03 AM PST
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS SHOULD NOT BE FOR SALE
http://www.wlbz2.com/home/article.asp?id=20557
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap says public
documents belong to the public, not private individuals. State
Archivist Jim Henderson says many public documents have fallen into
private hands over time, often because many town officials in Maine
used to work from their homes.

BANK of America loses data tapes
VNUNet.com - UK
Bank of America has admitted losing several computer data tapes during
shipment to a backup data centre. The missing tapes contained ...
<http://www.vnunet.com/news/1161545>

"PRESUMED lost": 1m Bank of America customer records
Silicon.com - UK
... Bank of America said it will continue to monitor the accounts on the
data tapes and will contact the government cardholders if any unusual
activity is observed ...
<http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39128195,00.htm>

BANK'S Tape Loss Puts Spotlight on Backup Practices
Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA
Bank of America's admission on Friday that the company lost data tapes
containing federal workers' customer and account information will likely
bring renewed ...
<http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/news/article.php/3486036>

PIECES of history are going - then gone - on eBay
Portland Press Herald - Portland,ME,USA
... the southern Maine town. The seller, however, did not get a bite
from
Maine State Archivist Jim Henderson. Instead, the online auctioneer ...
<http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/050228auction.shtml>
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2005/02/28/state_issues_warning_about_public_document_sales/>
KY. bill strengthens open government
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
Kentucky officials won't be able to claim ignorance of the law the next
time one refuses to cooperate with a public records request, thanks to
a bill passed by ...
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050228/EDIT01/502280358/1020/EDIT>

ASHVILLE Archives & Museum seeks new home for its records
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
... accessible to the public. The state lacks the resources to store
county
records on a comprehensive basis, he said. Federal funds for ...
<http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/110958580919850.xml>

Baseline
Philip Morris International: Smoke Screen
<http://www.baselinemag.com/print_article2/0,2533,a=145480,00.asp>

VILLAGE Leaders Fear Openness May Stress Working Relationships
Springdale Morning News - Springdale,AR,USA
BELLA VISTA -- Village leaders agreed to comply with the state Freedom
of Information Act to show the membership that the Bella Vista Property
Owners ...
<http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2005/02/28/front/03foia.txt>

BANK of America Loses Department of Defense Employee Data
Banktech - USA
In late December, Bank of America (Charlotte, NC, $736 billion in
assets)
lost computer data tapes containing information about 1.2 million
federal
employees ...
<http://www.banktech.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60404029>

SEARCH engine surfs Web for public records
Inman.com (subscription) - Emeryville,CA,USA
Pretrieve has launched a free public record search engine, making public
records information from multiple sources more accessible to consumers,
real estate ...
<http://www.inman.com/inmannews.aspx?ID=45034>

NOT the first time for ChoicePoint
MSNBC - USA
By Justin Rubner. ChoicePoint's Feb. 15 ... employers. The information
age has been good for ChoicePoint Inc., and its CEO Derek Smith. ...
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7044301/>

TREATING Personal Data Too Casually
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... companies and banks would feel if they were among the 145,000 souls
who recently received a rather disturbing letter from Alpharetta,
Ga.-based
ChoicePoint Inc ...
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-golden28feb28,1,3279050.column?coll=la-headlines-business>

BRINGING the past to life
Toronto Star - Canada
... But volunteers from the Ontario Genealogical Society, with the help
of the city's archives, have painstakingly transmuted the 1853 tax
assessment
rolls ...
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1109547019525&call_pageid=970599119419>

PAYROLL hole exposes dozens of companies
ZDNet - USA
The payroll records of at least a dozen companies were exposed to the
Internet
by a flaw in the online W-2 service of PayMaxx, the accounting firm has
...<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5591029.html>

CONFIDENTIAL data on firm's site unguarded
Boston Globe - USA
A Boston computer entrepreneur says a software glitch at PayMaxx Inc.,
a Franklin, Tenn., payroll processing company, has accidentally revealed
personal ...
<http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2005/02/25/confidential_data_on_firms_site_unguarded>

PAYROLL site closes on security worries
CNET News.com - USA
Online payroll service provider PayMaxx shuttered its automated W-2 site
on Wednesday, after a researcher claimed that two security holes had
exposed
data on ...
<http://news.com.com/Payroll+site+closes+on+security+worries/2100-1029_3-5587859.html>

KNOWN Hole Aided T-Mobile Breach
Wired News - USA
... T-Mobile's servers that compromised customer records, sensitive
government
documents, private e ... that scattered Hilton's private files across
the ...<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66735,00.html>


FUNDING for New State Archives Building Is Long Overdue
Arizona Capitol Times - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Since 1997 a determined group of archivists, historians, librarians, and
genealogists have been pacing the hallways and offices of the Arizona
Legislature. ...
<http://www.azcapitoltimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=1819>

'DEAR diary' is a boon for historians
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
... The Texas State Archives (home to the original diary) thought he was
William N. King until we saw the handwriting and realized the middle
initial
was H. ...
<http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050228/NEWS01/502280321/1002/NEWS>

SEOUL Moves to Disclose More Diplomatic Archives Involving Japan
Yonhap News (subscription) - Seoul,South Korea
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is set to declassify more
sensitive
documents regarding its normalization of diplomatic ties ...
<http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20050228/300200000020050228140406E9.html>




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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