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Poor Signage Caused Drowning Death, Lawsuit Claims
Poor signage caused a North Carolina woman to drive her car into a river and drown, a lawsuit filed by family members claims. The lawsuit names Duke Energy, Gaffney Public Works and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources...

Updated: Updates on Six Flags Over Georgia
Couple of things: The park is being required to enhance its signage and fencing around the ride; officials seemed to emphasize, however, that they considered the prior fencing and signage to be adequate...

New 2011 Library Signage Plea
A good opinion column in American Libraries that can spark some debate: Signage: Better None Than Bad by Leah L. White Dec. 7, 2010 “Positive and welcoming, these are the essential characteristics of signs that are truly designed to help” This is a good start on the conversation needed about signs in (some) libraries...

Library Standards of Privacy and Norms for the Digital World
Anne Klinefelter, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Law, has published Library Standards for Privacy: A Model for the Digital World? in volume 11 of the North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology (2010)...

Moving To Digistan
The wonderfully named Digital Standards Organization, i.e. Digistan: seeks to promote customer choice, vendor competition, and overall growth in the global digital economy through the understanding, development, and adoption of free and open digital standards (”open standards”)...

The Digital Age and Privacy
Michael Baldwin (attorney, Austin, TX) and Brad Korell (attorney, Austin, TX) recently published their article entitled Privacy Preservation Planning in the Digital Age, 2 Est. Plan...

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Landlord Entry Right and Tenant Privacy
When can a landlord enter a rented dwelling

Apple Inc.
allegedly maintained an illegal monopoly on the digital music market.

Target, National Federation of the Blind
Settle Class Action for $6 Million

Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans
Google Sued for Violating the Privacy Rights of Millions of Americans

AOL Privacy Class Action
Can Proceed

CVS Mailing
Sparks Allegations of Privacy Violation

imbee Data Collection
Industrious Kid, Inc. pays $130,000 civil penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.