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EUROPEAN Commission attempts to reduce data retention requirements
Ovum - London,England,UK
... concerns. It would cut the data retention period from four years in
the Council's proposal, to between six months and a year. It ...
<http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=3062>

WHO'S Watching?
Tech Central Station - Washington,DC,USA
By Waldemar Ingdahl. Data retention used to be about fighting organised
crime, cybercrime, and tax evasion. But since the 9/11 attacks ...
<http://www.techcentralstation.com/082305E.html>

FIRMS wasting hospital time with FoI
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act protects commercially
sensitive information, such as prices for competing bids in current 
contracts.
...
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,9061,1554843,00.html>

PERSONNEL files among data stolen at UMDNJ
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
... of files, including political donation records related to ... The 
revelation
that personnel files also were taken ... not speculate on why certain
documents were taken ...
<http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1124776341117420.xml&coll=1>

A Digital Rebirth for a WWII Film
Johns Hopkins Gazette - Baltimore,MD,USA
... "Dr. Tilghman's films are an especially rich and enlivening archival
resource that documents the experience of the doctors and nurses who 
served
in one of ...
<http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2005/22aug05/22rebirth.html>

CLERKS Say Theft Of Records Declining
Channel Oklahoma.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
... Cameras were installed in the office two months ago and signs were
posted warning that theft of public documents is a felony offense. ...
<http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/4883378/detail.html>


PERSONNEL files among data stolen at UMDNJ
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
... offices at UMDNJ's Stanley S. Bergen Building over the July 30-31 
weekend
and took an unknown number of files, including political donation 
records
related to ...
<http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1124776341117420.xml&coll=1>

COMPUTER Forensics and Its Impact on Employment Litigation ...
 Mondaq News Alerts - World
... files off the employer's network and then proceeded to e-mail to her
home e-mail account 19 megabytes of information (approximately 3,000 
pages
of documents). ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_34444>

BANK hacker was an insider
TechSpot - USA
... and he was arrested shortly after police established a link between
the laptop and the suspect. Police have said that they have recovered
the stolen funds, and ...
<http://www.techspot.com/news/18458-Bank-hacker-was-an-insider.html>

NARA Awards IV & V Contract to Northrup Grumman
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... validation services to NARA to ensure the correctness and quality of
processes employed and products developed throughout the Electronic 
Records
Archives' (ERA ...
<http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=52008>

ELECTRONIC records help VA boost reputation
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
By Gilbert M. Gaul. WASHINGTON -- For years, the Department of Veterans
Affairs' sprawling health care system was criticized by ...
<http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/nation/12452962.htm>

COUNTY Finds Right Storage Mix
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA
... the time, the county was operating 30 servers containing public 
records
data including property deeds, marriage certificates, engineering 
documents
and other ...
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1850943,00.asp>


HACKER Steals Air Force Officers' Personal Information
Washington Post - United States
... In December, Bank of America lost tapes containing financial data on
about 1.2 million federal employees, including some US senators. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/22/AR2005082201259.html>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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