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July 22, 2007
Headlines - World Privacy Forum: State Security Freeze Laws and General Information
- World Privacy Forum's Top Ten Opt Outs
- Phillipines' Human Security Act of 2007 Now in Effect
- Employment Rate in the EU27 Rose to 64.4% in 2006
- Bivings Report: American Newspapers and the Internet: Threat or Opportunity?
- Agricultural Prices: 2006 Summary
- Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
- UK Inbox-Outbox 2007 Survey
 World Privacy Forum: State Security Freeze Laws and General Information World Privacy Forum: State Security Freeze Laws and General Information, July 22, 2007: "A credit freeze (sometimes called a security freeze) lets you stop the disclosure of your credit report by a credit bureau. If you live in a state with a security freeze law, then you may be able to place a security freeze on your files. (See list of states with security freeze laws)." World Privacy Forum's Top Ten Opt Outs World Privacy Forum's Top Ten Opt Outs, July 22, 2007: "This list is a distillation of ideas for opting out that the World Privacy Forum has developed over the years from responding to those questions. The list below does not contain all opt outs that are available. Rather, it contains the opt outs that we believe are the most important and will be the most useful to the most consumers." Phillipines' Human Security Act of 2007 Now in Effect "Human Security Act of 2007 - [This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2137 and House Bill No. 4839 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on February 8, 2007 and February 19, 2007, respectively.] SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is declared a policy of the State to protect life, liberty, and property from acts of terrorism, to condemn terrorism as inimical and dangerous to the national security of the country and to the welfare of the people, and to make terrorism a crime against the Filipino people, against humanity, and against the law of nations...the Act shall take effect two months after the elections are held in May 2007." Employment Rate in the EU27 Rose to 64.4% in 2006 Employment rate in the EU27 rose to 64.4% in 2006: "Summary: In 2006, 214.0 million people aged 15 years or more had a job or a business activity in the EU27. The total employment rate for people aged 15-64 was 64.4% in 2006, compared with 62.2% in 2000 and 63.4% in 2005. The employment rate for women was 57.2% in 2006, compared with 53.7% in 2000 and 56.0% in 2005, and the rate for older people, i.e. those aged 55-64, was 43.5%, up from 36.9% in 2000 and 42.2% in 2005." Bivings Report: American Newspapers and the Internet: Threat or Opportunity? Posted on July 19, 2007, By Erin Teeling in Newspaper Study, Bivings, Research (TBG): "We have recently completed the 2007 study of America's top 100 newspaper websites, entitled American Newspapers and the Internet; Threat or Opportunity? As the newspaper industry continues to suffer declines in readership and circulation, using the Internet to expand a newspaper's reach is becoming more and more important. While many industry experts fear that the Internet will spell the end of newspapers as we know them, our team here at TBG feels that the Internet presents newspapers with a unique opportunity to make up for lost circulation and readership. This study explores these concepts, as well as the difficulties facing newspapers regarding online advertising, shrinking staffs, and reaching out to consumers...research data is available in Excel format here." Agricultural Prices: 2006 Summary Agricultural Prices 2006 Summary, July 20, 2007 (239 pages, PDF): "The 47th Annual Summary of Agricultural Prices contains prices farmers received for commodities sold as well as prices paid for production input goods and services. Prices are weighted and aggregated into price indexes. These indexes provide measures of relative price changes for agricultural outputs and inputs. The State, Regional, and U.S. average prices for agricultural commodities and farm production inputs are based on voluntary reports from agri-business firms, merchants, dealers, and farmers throughout the Nation. These data are collected at regular intervals using mailed inquiries, telephone, and personal enumeration." Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq President George W. Bush - Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency Economic Powers Act, July 17, 2007: "Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order blocking property of persons determined to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq or undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people...My new order takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315 by blocking the property and interests in property of persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq or undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people." Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq, July 17, 2007 UK Inbox-Outbox 2007 Survey "Over 50 per cent of UK business users are unable to walk away from their emails when on holiday or off sick, according to new research announced at the Inbox/Outbox 2007 event." Ian Williams, vnunet.com 20 Jul 2007 Mesmo Consultancy: Inbox-Outbox 2007 Survey, Summary of Findings
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