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What is Privacy in this Age of Global Technology?

By Val Booth | Published: January 12, 2010
Do we have a “right” to privacy? What does privacy in this age of technology mean? Is it really that different than pre-internet, pre-software “privacy?” Are we concerned with “privacy” per se or with how people who work at companies or organizations use the information that is available about us to make decisions that affect [...]
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Some Judges are Too Lenient on Criminals Who Possess Child Pornography

By Val Booth | Published: September 22, 2009
The Wall Street Journal has an interest in its Law Journal column. And what better way to generate a response than to write about the criminal penalties for possession of child pornography. It is hard to believe people are divided on the sentencing for these criminals. It seems that some folks think that the length [...]
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LexisNexis and Reed Elsevier Alert Consumers of Personal Data Security Breach… 5 Years Later

By Valerie Booth | Published: May 8, 2009
I would say, “Here we go again,” but that would be a tad misleading. It’s more like, “Same ‘ole, same ‘ole” only you and I didn’t know about it. On Wednesday, The Dayton Daily News reported “Data Breach Hits LexisNexis. About 300 consumers’ personal information has been used in a crime, 30,000 people vulnerable.” [...]
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