Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

On the surface, this sounds like good news. Basically, it’s a bill that would create a national standard for protection of data, and would require notification of breaches of sensitive data. Data breaches, data sharing, and data theft has become FAR too common, and businesses and the government have treated it very lightly. So, I’m [...]

I’m stunned that of all the media news outlets, my local news is the only one carrying this story right now: Authorities shut down major spam supplier CHICAGO (AP) – Federal authorities in Chicago say they’ve shut down one of the largest spam e-mail operations in the world. The Federal Trade Commission says the group [...]