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 Flash cookies are better known as Local Shared Objects, and are one of the newest ways of tracking where people go on the Internet. Unlike regular cookies, flash cookies hold more data and are harder to detect. Flash cookies allow websites to storing a lot more information about you than with normal cookies. Flash cookies are not locatable by checking your browser which means that many people simply do not know they are there at all. Flash cookies are not shown in the list of cookies that you can see when you take a look at the cookies. Flash cookies are used as a marketing tool to mind information about peoples preferences and used to advertise to them in spam for example. Below is a link on how to clear flash cookies from your computer.

http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/04/flash-cookies-explained/

 An overall history of the creation of National Security policy. During World War Two Congress established a formal national security structure called the National Security Act of 1947.  During the sixties the National Security Council (NSC) became central to national security policy. The period following 911 brought several new organizational changes to the structure of the NSC staff, including the establishment of the Office for Combating Terrorism, the National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, the National Security Advisors for Strategic Communication and Global Outreach, the development of The Homeland Security Council and the Department of Homeland Security. These National Security Council changes  bring new elements to the consideration of national security affairs. Take a look at the overall history of how national security as we know it has been developed and what directions we as a nation have gone in and why since World War Two.  Check out the following link:

http://www.virginia.edu/cnsl/pdf/national-security-policy-process-2008.pdf

 The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) provides for more restrictive use and access to a child’s school records. It also provides an opportunity for parents to review and dispute student records of their children. The FERPA regulations do apply to children’s health records contained with in the school records of the child. It is important to note that private schools are often not required to obey the FERPA requirements because they do not receive federal funding. If you are concerned with who can access your child’s school records and how to dispute any issue that might a rise from reviewing of those records check out the following link regarding FERPA and how it’s regulations might apply to you.

http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html

When it comes to the work place there is very little an employer can not monitor about the employee. Unless it is being done in the bathroom, an employee can pretty much figure it is or can be monitored by their boss.  It  is good to know your rights, or lack there of when considering a job. Some employers attempt to use their rights of monitoring to establish cases for dismissal against difficult employees  in an attempt to revoke the employee’s benefits upon leaving. An employee may be on the phone, using a computer, talking to a co-worker, no matter the action an employer generally has the right to retrieve phone records, search hard drives and record audibly and visually most aspects of an employee’s day at the office. Check out the following list of specific laws regulating the work place in California.

http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs7-work.htm

The Secret Service focuses mainly on issuing regarding counterfeiting, but you might be surprised to learn that they also investigate identity theft, telemarketing fraud, and computer fraud of all types. The Secret Service offers some good advise and tips on what to do if you are a victim of a financially related crime. They also provide a link to a “know your money” site which gives you pictures of money and how to recognize counterfeit currency. Financial crime is on the rise and with it the safety of your privacy is more at risk then ever. Learn what to do if you find that someone is fraudulently using your name in a financial transaction and how to recognize counterfeit currency. Check out the following link.

http://www.secretservice.gov/criminal.shtml

Alex Jones is a documentary film maker who has caused a lot of controversy with his movies Martial Law 911, Rise of the Police State and Terrorstorm. His movies focus on what Joe Conger on the news talk show KENS 5  out of San Antonio called the unpleasant surrender of civil liberties that has kept us safe since 9/11.These movies are controversial, difficult to watch and have a point to make. There has been a surge of movies, books and other materials on the changes of policy since 911. Interested in some of the more painfully obvious sides of what happens when we lose our civil liberties for the greater good, to save us from our own best interest? Check out the following link;

http://www.martiallaw911.info/

 Home land Security has a link to a hearing on the implementation of the  Aviation and Transportation Security Act. This link mainly focuses on screening and checking baggage. When it comes to privacy airline travelers where the first and most prominent group to have their privacy challenged post 911. This is just the beginning on hearings regarding airline security which today include security being allowed to take a passenger’s laptop off premises and have it tested in a lab for relevant information extraction. The airline passenger offers up his personal baggage and bodily privacy on behave of security with the hope that he shall be able to travel more safely to his next airport. Read up on the first hearings regarding airport security and how it is security began to come to where they are now on the topic of privacy rights.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/2002_h/020123-memo.htm

Besides the economic issues faced by the United Stated the 111th Congress promises to root out monies sent to other countries that end up in the hands of terrorists. One of the biggest challenges of national security is not only balancing the right to privacy with security measures but also keeping the money needed to thort these efforts out of the hands of terrorists.  Take a look at the upcoming agenda of the 111th Congress as they prepare to vote on issues that will effect the direction of the country in these trying economic times. The question of how can the United States keeps foreign aid  out of terrorist hands with out forcing other countries into poverty is a difficult one. Check out the following link.

http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/4619

 The 110th Congress found itself revisiting and revising bills and laws that had over the pass couple of years been popular but had not yet passed. Some of the issues they worked on included privacy and data security legislation. The most relevant Acts address these issued include the “Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2007”,  the “Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act of 2007”,  and the “Data Accountability and Trust Act” (DATA). The important issues of not just what data is considered privacy but also how to handle and manage this information was more clearly defined in this session of the 110th Congress. Check out the following link on the Acts deliberated over during the session of the 110th Congress.
http://www.privsecblog.com/archives/federal-legislation-pending-privacy-and-data-security-legislation-in-the-110th-congress.html

  During the 109th Congress brought some important post 911 including the following Acts, Consumer Data Security and Notification Act, Information Protection and Security Act, Security and Freedom Enhancement Act.  and   The USA Patriot and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act. Once again we see as the post 911 legislation got into full swing many new Acts and laws come to the forefront of the nation. Each time security measures are enacted the rights of the citizen to privacy becomes threatened and left on the back burner. The reasoning for this new wave of legislation has been based on the thought that it is allowable to strip the citizen of his privacy if it allows for a better protection of the nation as a whole. Check out the following link for further information.

http://epic.org/privacy/bill_track.html