Entries from January 2007

January 26, 2007

A Lawyer’s Point of View on Age Verification

I came across this great article from Anita Ramasatry a columnist at FindLaw.com and law professor at University of Washington that evaluates the demands the 33 State Attorney Generals have made to MySpace. The writer argues against one of the demands (raising the minimum age to 16) but contends that requiring age verification in [...]

January 18, 2007

Data Breach Hits Home (Stores)…

So the latest announcement concerning a customer data breach was issued yesterday by TJX the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and other retail stores. Unlike other recent incidents at the Veteran’s Affairs Office and the UCLA, this one has more of a potential to hit home.
The company indicated in this CNET article [...]

January 10, 2007

A+ for Content…

Happy New Year! 10 days into it and I’m already behind on my resolution to post more frequently. Hopefully the quality and amount of information in this post will more than make up for it.
It seems that the topic of electronic age verification within social networks is being studied in the classroom of [...]