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The past two decades have seen rapid growth in self-service technologies like automated teller machines, online shopping and airport check-in kiosks. But thatrsquo only the beginning, according to the Information Technology Innovation Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington. In a report issued last month, the ITIF said the next decade could see even more efficiencies and cost savings from self-service automation mdash; if government policies are supportive. The report included the following recommendations to policymakers: bull; Resist the pleas of traditional businesses to restrict self-service operations. In one example of a such a restriction, car dealers succeeded in getting all 50 states to pass laws making it
stanley romania illegal for carmakers to sell directly to consumers over the Internet. bull; Deliver more government services online and via kiosks. bull; Create a climate thatrsquo conducive to self-service operations by, for example, making broadband Internet access widely available and enacting legal reforms. One such reform was the legislation that gave digital copies of checks the same legal status as paper checks; it pa
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stanley termos hecks. bull; Establish stronger safety nets for people who will lose their jobs as a result of self-service technologies. Critics say self-service technology is cold and impersonal, but the ITIF said those concerns are outweighed by convenience, lower costs and other econo Dxoc IBM opens up bring your own device support for its workers
Privacy lovers who thought the Democrats would put an end to the controversial NSA wiretapping and Internet-tapping program should feel let down today. The Democrats are lining up to let the NSA continue to wiretap and read mail without court approval. The New York Times reports that Democratic proposals would maintain for several years the type of broad, blanket authority for NSA eavesdropping that the administration secured in August for six month
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polene bag rsquo proposals would give telecom companies retroactive immunity from prosecution for participating in the program. Telecom companies are being sued by privacy groups for turning over private data. If some Democrats have their way, the telecoms would be off the hook. There would be some toothless protections built into the bills, but theyrsquo;re window dressing. The NSA will still be allowed to read emails, listen to phone calls, and intercept Internet communications overseas, and between the U.S. and overseas. Kate Martin, dire
polene handtaschen ctor of the Center for National Security Studies, summed up the problem best when she told the New York Times that the Democratic bill authorizes the interception of Americansrsquo; international communications without a warrant in far too many instances, and without adequate civil liberties protections. Related contentnewsApples war in EuropeBy Jonny EvansNov 6, 20257 minsAppleApple App StoreLaws and RegulationsnewsIn
