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05.03.05
Businesses Must Improve Computer Security
 By David Utter
Lengthy string of highly publicized breaches could lead to the federal government passing a law requiring better security.
At least 500,000 Americans have had personal data exposed to data thieves, and that number could grow.
Businesses have long held off Capitol Hill by claiming they were in the best position to implement computer security.
Efforts to develop security standards led by the Homeland Security Agency have largely failed. Corporations do not want to make public security promises that could later open them up to lawsuits from a security breach.
But the issue may no longer be up to companies. A bill introduced in Congress by Democratic lawmakers Charles Schumer and Bill Nelson would require businesses to do better at safeguarding consumer information.
Canadian Rejection Of DMCA Rejected By US
By David Utter
US Trade Representative rewards Canadian rejection of DMCA by placing Canada on an intellectual property watch list.
The Canadian government has attempted to balance the rights of copyright holders and of users. Specifically, only circumvention of a copyright with the intent to infringe on that copyright would be illegal.
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) responded in its annual Section 301 report by calling upon Canada to not only adopt World Intellectual Property Organization standards, but to go even further.
One standard the USTR wants Canada to adopt is a "notice-and-takedown" system to encourage cooperation by ISPs in combating online infringements.
A Canadian law professor contends US lobbyists will pressure Canada to adopt Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)-like provisions.
"If history is any indicator, the copyright reform plan is going to face an onslaught of U.S.-backed lobbying for stronger protections in the months ahead," says the University of Ottawa's Michael Geist.
About the Author:
David Utter is a Lexington-based technology writer. |
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