Sarbox – A Silver Lining?
Just about everybody I know in the business world thinks the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation of 20002 (referred to as Sarbox) is really bad — high cost and de-focusing of management. There is certainly a basis for a less than rosy view of Sarbox — the act contains 68 sections and is 66 pages in length. The […]
Opt In – Opt Out
This morning I received the following SMS text message on my mobile phone: AT&T Wireless: $25K sweeps, reply YES to enter! NO PURCH REQ. Odds dep on # entries. Ends 9/30. [email protected]/usa 2 stop msgs go2 attwireless.com/privacy Personally, I found the unwanted message highly unprofessional. The message made it very simple to enter the "sweeps" […]
Privacy Conference
The IAPP is an association of more than 1,000 of the world’s leading privacy and security professionals. The first day of their conference culminated in a very nice reception at The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art. Its contents include nearly […]
e-democracy
It is not surprising that most governments of the world have web sites — in fact, many call themselves "e-governments". In early November, the United Nations issued a report entitled “E-Government at the Crossroads” which showed that 173 of the U.N.’s 191 members had Web sites. (see patrickWeb story for details). That is the good […]
e-government
It is not surprising that most governments of the world have web sites — in fact, many call themselves "e-governments". In early November, the United Nations issued a report entitled “E-Government at the Crossroads” which showed that 173 of the U.N.’s 191 members had Web sites. That is the good news. The bad news is […]
