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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considers rules for prepaid cards: Plain Dealing
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering new rules that could extend the reach of banking laws to the largely unregulated prepaid card industry, expected to grow to $167 billion by 2014.
Blog: Interpellation notes on the anti-cybercrime bill
National regulation is futile since cybercrimes operate globally and virtually. The main concern should be the protection of Internet users.
FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit
CNET has learned that the FBI has formed a Domestic Communications Assistance Center, which is tasked with developing new electronic surveillance technologies, including intercepting Internet, wireless, and VoIP communications.
UK prosecutions for hacking appear to be be dropping
But plenty of caveats apply The number of prosecutions under the UK's computer hacking laws may have declined over recent years, according to the latest available government figures.…
How to avoid 5 common email management mistakes
Email managers have a lot at stake. After all, the volume of global electronic messages sent via email dwarfs all other forms of electronic communication, including social networking. Since the inception of electronic mail, which, according to some Internet historians, can be traced to a small mainframe app called 'MAILBOX' from the mid-1960s, human-to-human messages have been created ...
Caught snooping: U.K. government staffers
What a surprise: the U.K. government was forced to reveal under Freedom of Information laws that more than 1,000 civil servants have "snooped" on British citizens' private data.
Microsoft says raid damaged cybercrime operation
Microsoft and the banking industry on Monday provided a detailed, behind-the-scenes account of an operation they said disrupted a major cybercrime operation that used malicious software to allegedly steal $100 million from consumers over the last five years.
NJ panel approves ban on text message ads
An Assembly committee on Thursday approved a bill designed to ban unsolicited text message advertising in New Jersey, and its sponsor says he believes it has a good chance of becoming law.
Understanding data retention in Australia
A primer: what you need to know Data retention is once again on the media and political agenda, with the government last week (via attorney-general Nicola Roxon) canvassing public input on the topic.…
Cybersecurity Measure Heads to House Floor Despite Privacy Fears
The House is scheduled to begin debating the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which privacy groups warn is a threat to civil liberties, as early as Thursday.
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