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RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news 
stories from around the world.

PUNE power woes pose danger to its film archives:
New Kerala - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
[India News]: Pune, Feb.21 : One of Asia's major film-related archives,
the National Film Archive of India (NFAI), is reportedly in danger of
losing its ...
<http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=75449>

ARCHIVES branch has history for the finding
Philadelphia Inquirer (subscription) - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... But in 45 minutes in the stacks at the National Archives branch in
Center City, historical researcher Jefferson M. Moak restored much flesh
to the long dead ...
<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/10953628.htm>

IN prepared statement, ChoicePoint vows to lead industry's anti ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
As you are aware, ChoicePoint is actively engaged with local and federal
law enforcement agencies in the continuing investigation of a fraud 
committed
against ...
<http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/0205/21choicepointstatement.html>

CHOICEPOINT to rescreen some clients
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
ChoicePoint on Monday said it is making roughly 17,000 customers go 
through
a recredentialing process to verify that they are legitimate businesses,
and it has ...
<http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/0205/21choicepoint.html>

COPYING California Law Isn't Enough to Stop the Next ChoicePoint
InfoWorld - USA
Just as I was in the process last week of asking whether we can trust 
industry
self-regulation of privacy, ChoicePoint did us all the favor of 
providing
a ...
<http://weblog.infoworld.com/foster/2005/02/21.html>

HOSPITAL, Microsoft in project to put medical records on Internet
Borneo Bulletin - borneo,Brunei Darussalam
... dpa) - A Singapore hospital is working with Microsoft on a pilot 
project
to develop a system enabling patients to access their medical records
on the Internet ...
<http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/mon/feb21w4.htm>

NEED Of Document Management System (DMS)
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
... Also this calls for a formal document retention and destruction 
policy
which is strictly adhered to (in fact, can be proven to be adhered to)
and which ...
<http://www.webpronews.com/it/itmanagement/wpn-18-20050221NeedofDocumentManagementSystemDMS.html>

NEW store is a shred of genius
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... Consumers can protect themselves by shredding personal documents 
before
disposal, and businesses must protect consumers by shredding, burning,
pulverizing or ...
<http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/business/10955560.htm>

DEFEATING data deluge
Australian IT - Australia
THE medical sector's evolution from hard copy to electronic records has
been a boon for clinicians but is causing headaches for information 
technology
...
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12301083%5E24170%5E%5Enbv%5E24169,00.html>

COUNTY puts its records online
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron,MI,USA
... The service will be provided free to local governments, said county
Register of Deeds Marilyn Dunn. "The access to the documents will be 
much
better," Dunn said ...
<http://www.thetimesherald.com/news/stories/20050221/localnews/2011532.html>

The Manila Times, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 7:04 AM PST
Palace to limit data in ID plan 
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/feb/22/yehey/top_stories/20050222top3.html
NO “sensitive information” will be provided in the national ID system,
Malacañang said Monday. Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye assured the 
people that
the national ID will carry only “limited information” to make sure that 
the
rights to privacy will not be violated.


Wall St Journal
Identity Theft Puts
Pressure on Data Sellers
By EVAN PEREZ
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
February 18, 2005; Page B1
Companies that compile and sell billions of private
records on Americans could face new regulatory
pressure in the wake of revelations by ChoicePoint
Inc., one of the largest such information brokers, that
an identity-theft ring gained access to tens of
thousands of its electronic documents.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110869427983158632,00.html?>



Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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