May 24th, 2008
USA can copy all you have on your Laptop.
American authorities has given airport security control more liberty to act when it comes to digital information.
In addition to take all ten fingerprints they can go through your laptop you bring with you to the airport. They can copy whatever they want to and store the information for as long time they want to. All this they can do without any special suspicions or reasons for it.
It is a development we should watch with caution. Of course it is up to USA to determine what measures they want to have for people traveling into their country. However, it is up to the individual to determine whether you accept it or not. In the future you will have to decide what type of information you will bring with you into the USA.
No reason for suspicion
One thing is personal information, but we have to regard sensitive information, maybe even propriety job related information you have stored on your computer. You have no control what the authorities do with your equipment once they connect to your computer. It is a chance that some information is copied without you even knowing about it at all. This material can be misused or end up in wrong hands.
So maybe you should consider other places to have your business meetings in the future.
The reasons for this new mandate the airport security – check in has gotten, is an appeal that was rejected earlier this year. The court decided that the security personnel acted in accordance to the law when they through an accidental control discovered child pornography in one of the passenger’s laptop.
The security personnel does not need a particular reason to look through your computer or other storage media you may bring with you.
There is a reason to believe that this procedure will spread to other countries around the world. And it is an development we as consumers should be aware of and there is a reason to alert against this development. Just because others do it, then someone else will do it. Just look at the development of other security issues in US airports and how the procedures became global within a years time.
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May 24th, 2008
URL theft by a partner or co-owner: We receive calls every week from companies who essentially tell us that an ex-partner or company owner has taken control of their domain registrations and that the now-ex-partner refuses to release the stolen name to the company. Perhaps the name was registered initially in one partner’s name. In some cases, that business owner redirects the domain to another website, essentially putting the online business out of business. More often, the business owner demands some sort or money or other consideration in exchange for the domain name. Essentially, they use the URL as leverage to obtain something they couldn’t achieve in the context of the partnership. This is perhaps the most common example of domain name theft. Domain names stolen in this fashion account for about 25% of the calls and emails we receive in the domain theft area.
URLTheft by Employees: Unfortunately, corporate management is rarely involved in the registration process of their domain names. Registration of domains is often handled by the IT department, and even delegated to lower level web site employees. Because of the high turnover rate at that level, the employee with access to the domain registrant login information ends up leaving the company, taking that information with them. Again, if there is a dispute with the employee, it often turns into a domain name dispute after termination. Once the domain registrant information is stolen, it can be difficult to retrieve.
URL Theft by Vendors: Sometimes, a technology vendor or web site developer uses their own information to register your companies domain name, even going so far as to list their company as the registrant of your trademarks. If a billing dispute arises down the line, the web developer uses the URL as leverage to get paid. Even more common, the web vendor goes out of business and the company doesn’t realize that they have no way of obtaining control of the domain name or even renewing the domain name at the end of the registration period. If a domain name is stolen by the web developer or vendor, you could be in big trouble if the vendor’s company folds, the web developer moves away or you become the target of cyber-extortion.
The words “someone stole my domain name” are words said far too often in our business. Companies must take their intellectual property rights more seriously and protect their intangible assets like they do other tangible property. An ounce of prevention is really worth a pound of cure. Control your registrant login and you will control your domain name from theft.
Mr. Schaefer is a seasoned trial attorney practicing internet, domain and trademark law on a global basis. Mr. Schaefer has first chair trial experience in a wide variety of litigation matters, including class action litigation, internet and domain law, cybersquatting actions, intellectual property, commercial and fiduciary litigation, UDRP and IP licensing. He has represented some of the largest companies in the world in litigation, domain name, trademark and related matters. He is a frequent author and presenter on issues related to protecting business interests in a global internet economy.
To find out more about trademark protection, copyright law, cybersquatting and complex litigation, please visit Traverse Legal, PLC or visit our domain name protection blog or cybersquatting blog
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