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Subject: Computer Privacy Digest V7#020
Computer Privacy Digest Sat, 09 Sep 95 Volume 7 : Issue: 020
Today's Topics: Moderator: Leonard P. Levine
Employer American Express Cards
Computers and the Law Conference
Law of the Internet Conference
Internet Survey
Re: Social Security Number Linking
20/20 Security Camera Report
Info on CPD [unchanged since 08/01/95]
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From: tpeters@hns.com (Thomas Peters)
Date: 05 Sep 1995 15:58:14 GMT
Subject: Employer American Express Cards
Organization: Hughes Network Systems Inc.
Also, my employer just notified me and many of my coworkers that
applications for AmEx cards had been submitted in our names and we
could come pick up the cards.
Read the fine print. I had one of those cards some years ago. If my
employer could not or would not pay, AmEx had recourse to me for
anything billed on the card, including airline tickets which were
ordered by a secretary and billed directly to the company.
You may also find that your rights to dispute charges for defective
goods and services do not apply.
--
Tom Peters
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From: sales@sug.org (Charles Sumner)
Date: 06 Sep 1995 15:25:20 GMT
Subject: Computers and the Law Conference
Organization: Sun User Group
SUN USER GROUP
Second Annual Technical Symposium
"Computers & The Law"
November 12-15, 1995
Tampa, FL
As computers are utilized in more and more aspects of everyday life,
the once distinct areas of technology, legislature, and law enforcement
draw closer together. This unique technical conference provides a
forum in which members of these three fields can meet to share
experiences and ideas. The four day technical program (a day of
tutorials, two days of talks, and another day of tutorials) will
provide you with essential knowledge, whether your field is technical,
legal, or law enforcement.
Copies of this information are available via email at
conference@sug.org or on the World Wide Web at http://sug.org.
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From: eapu533@aldebaran.oac.uci.edu (Michael Olsberg)
Date: 07 Sep 1995 07:52:19 GMT
Subject: Law of the Internet Conference
Organization: GI
Law of the Internet: Compliance in Cyberspace
November 15-16, 1995 - Stouffer Renaissance Hotel - Arlington, VA - $949
At this conference, you will gain a clearer understanding of the
emerging area of "cyberlaw" and it's many elements. See how legal
guidelines are being adapted to the growing Internet, and how they will
affect you as you do business and communicate via the Internet.
-Learn about copyright law and intellectual property rights, and how
they are being applied to industries like publishing and multimedia;
-Examine the basics of communications law, and how these laws are being
rewritten by the technology of the Internet, as well as how they will
impact people like access providers and others who operate on the
Internet;
-Discuss security concerns, including available and developing
technologies for protecting your information and funds, as well as the
concept of "privacy" in such an open forum;
-Understand the electronic signature, and discuss the future of on-line
transactions and contracts, and;
-Explore the hottest issues affecting everyone who operates on the
Internet...libel, defamation and freedom of speech.
Introduction to the Internet November 14, 1995
- Stouffer Renaissance Hotel - Arlington, VA - $399
This course is designed for professionals with a basic understanding of
personal computers. You will learn:
-What is the Internet and how it can be used to obtain information
valuable to your business;
-What equipment and capabilities (hardware and software) are needed to
access and use the services provided on the Information Superhighway;
-Which access methods are available, including on-line services (i.e.
Compuserve, America On-line, etc.) and commercial access providers;
-How to access Internet resources like electronic Bulletin Board Services
(BBSs), World Wide Web sites, government sources, and other databases,
many of which are free;
-and, much more.
If you need more information or to register for the
course(s) send email to giinfo@aol.com or call us at (301) 921-2345.
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From: d92perfo@ida.liu.se (Per-Erik Forssen)
Date: 07 Sep 1995 09:03:07 GMT
Subject: Internet Survey
Organization: CIS Dept, Linkoping University, Sweden
I'm part of a group who are writing an essay on what impact the
Internet has had, and might have in the future on the world-wide
information flow. As part of the basis for our essay we are now
conducting a survey among the people who use the net. This survey
consists of six questions, and won't take long to fill in. We are
particularly interested in replies from people outside the main
Internet region (USA,Canada,Europe,Japan,Australia,New Zeeland etc).
Please mail me for a copy of the survey.
--
Per-Erik Forsse'n, d92perfo@und.ida.liu.se
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From: disposable <dean@lifeform.demon.co.uk>
Date: 08 Sep 95 18:46:08 GMT
Subject: Re: Social Security Number Linking
Organization: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
Maryjo Bruce <sunshine@netcom.com> writes: I phoned the number in a
customer service rep job ad in the paper to [snip] got the
information about me, given that I had no relationship with his
firm. He hung up on me.
Is this legal in America? In the UK we have the Data Protection Act
which attempts to protect us from this sort of thing.
We have National Insurance Numbers which may be similar to SSNs, the
information stored with this number is not readily available, at least,
thats what they say.
--
Cheers. Dean. o
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From: "Prof. L. P. Levine" <levine@blatz.cs.uwm.edu>
Date: 09 Sep 1995 08:27:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: 20/20 Security Camera Report
Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
On September 8th ABC Television on its weekly 20/20 show produced a
piece describing closed circuit TV cameras that are now being installed
in England for public security purposes. The piece was introduced by
Hugh Downs with the question "What is more important to you, your
safety or your privacy?" Their reporter Lynn Sherr describes the
system as "sweeping England" and "pervasive". She indicates that more
than one hundred communities have introduced cameras in their city
centers, along streets and even in private gardens. [We see views
through these cameras.]
Most of the show allows us to view ordinary folks in their ordinary
lives and to view criminals stealing bags, breaking into stores and
beating people up. She shows pictures of the command room with its
ranks of monitors, points out that the staff personnel are civilians
who report by telephone to police when they see something needing
attention.
She compares the system with that in the US where most cameras are
installed by private parties for business reasons but points out that
one such camera provided a picture of what might well have been the
truck used in the Oklahoma bombing and another, in England, identified
the ten year old killers of a 2 year old child. She traces the British
use of security cameras in the town of Kings Lynn from a few in an
industrial park to the installation of more than 60 cameras in the town
center.
[We are given views of simple theft, car break ins, windows being
kicked in, goods being fished out through mail slots and bad guys being
picked up minutes later.] She points out that crime has dropped in
some areas by 75%.
[We see a radio talk show where the announcer talks about where parking
spaces are available.] This is a clear indication that the video
cameras are meant to be known by the public, not hidden from their
attention.
Ms. Sherr spends a good deal of time discussing Glasgow where high
resolution color cameras with night vision were installed in the city
centers. Victims pointed out that they did not have to go to court,
the TV usually got guilty pleas from the perpetrators. One victim
considered this a real and a positive feature.
Critics point out that crime did not disappear, it just moved. She
interviews three folks; Simon Dadies, a Fellow at the University of
Essex and Director of Privacy International; a unnamed criminal who
knows where most of the cameras are and a police officer responsible
for Glasgow. All agreed that the crime just moves, the officer hoping
that the criminal will ultimately be driven "into the sea".
[:-) Insert local ominous music here :-)]
The negative aspects of these systems occupied the last 5 minutes of
the 13 minute show. Ms. Sherr addressed the "creepy feeling" of being
watched. She asks the operator if he likes to watch people [we see a
young woman fixing her hair in her fenced yard] and he indicates [with
some embarrassment] that he does not try to date the folks he watches.
Simon Dadies is given a chance to address these issues. He discusses
the feeling of being watched and the fact that the data is being held
by the authorities for a long time, and can be used for reasons that no
one can foresee. [We see pictures of well dressed drunks being helped
up, of two women walking intimately together.] He points out that in
the UK there are no national laws that govern video surveillance;
Glasgow has issued rules on just how long tapes may be kept and that
try to protect privacy.
The officer's voice states "... they are not big brother ... those
cameras are there to replace the police that I haven't got. ... When
crime, disorder and people's fear become so acute that they are crying
out for something to be done about it then perhaps they have to give up
just a little bit more of those freedoms in order to counteract it."
She ends this segment with a discussion with Barbara Walters about what
is happening in the US. Virginia Beach has 10 cameras installed. New
Jersey disbanded a monitor designed to catch people who run red lights
as a result of public opposition. All in all, I judge that it was a
well balanced report addressing an ominous topic.
--
Leonard P. Levine e-mail levine@cs.uwm.edu
Professor, Computer Science Office 1-414-229-5170
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Fax 1-414-229-6958
Box 784, Milwaukee, WI 53201
PGP Public Key: finger llevine@blatz.cs.uwm.edu
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From: "Prof. L. P. Levine" <levine@blatz.cs.uwm.edu>
Date: 11 Aug 1995 09:39:43 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Info on CPD [unchanged since 08/01/95]
Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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