In the fall of 2011, you could hear buzz in court rooms, the internet and cubicles around the world regarding a decision handed down by the New York Appeals court addressing Facebook, social media, and privacy. The Appellate Division, First Department, said that Turner Construction Company was not entitled to all of the Facebook records of Plaintiff Russell Patterson...
Well the Christmas season is upon us and we’re all out there shopping for presents for our loved ones. Just recently I was shopping at Best Buy to purchase some computer components, but when I got home I found that one items was broken. So of course the next thing I did was to go back to Best Buy and return the defective merchandise for replacement...
Despite the fact that Federal legislation (the CANSPAM act) made it illegal, harvesting email addresses from the web using automated robots remains alive and well. Spammers who need fresh email addresses release software spider programs that comb the Internet and suck email addresses off Web pages, guest books, and anywhere else you might post your email address...
I've been on Facebook for a long time. I have seen people do some pretty dumb things when it comes to protecting themselves, their identity, and the identities of their friends and loved ones. One of the biggest threats on Facebook is to give strangers access to your personal information. A lot of people I know play Facebook games which rely on you getting your friends to be neighbors...
Background checks aren't perfect, as we all know. They can't absolutely predict future behavior; the Blacksburg killer at Virginia Tech or the one at Northern Illinois University may well have passed one, for example. (more...)
