iPods by Apple can be used to eavesdrop on conversations. Couple iPod with ITalk and you have a device which can listen in for hours. PodLock by Micromat, Inc. added to the mix allows creating a secret drive. How many businessess allow iPods into the offices? How many may want to re-think this procedure, especially in meetings involving sensitive information?


Fair Credit Reporting Act containing Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) language which now permits employers to hire third party investigators to conduct investigations of workplace violence, sexual harassment, theft and drug usage without first having to inform the suspect of such an investigation. The new language also allows employers to avoid seeking the suspect's permission to conduct the investigation, and to providing the suspect with a complete and unredacted copy of the investigator's report.