This work reviews the origins and history of national privacy codes as social, political and legal phenomena in the United States, Germany, France, Australia, South Korea, Hong Kong and Hungary. The book begins by examining key international statements on privacy rights, such as the OECD principles. Each national case history …

Isn’t the Internet amazing? But oh, the risks you’ve heard about – online identity theft, e-mail scams trying to separate you from your bank accounts, phony medical information, and more. Here’s the guide you need to steer through the hazards with confidence, so you can shop, visit, invest, explore, pay …

Web site design and development continues to become more sophisticated. An important part of this maturity originates with well-laid-out and well-written content. Ginny Redish is a world-renowned expert on information design and how to produce clear writing in plain language for the web. All of the invaluable information that she …

Small business owners and solo professionals know they’re supposed to use social media to increase sales, but how should they start?Using a unique Rule of 30 approach, 30 Days to Social Media Success is the perfect resource for busy people who want quick results. Thirty short chapters (one for …

The use of open-source software (OSS)–readable software source code that can be copied, modified, and distributed freely–has expanded dramatically in recent years. The number of OSS projects hosted on SourceForge.net (the largest hosting Web site for OSS), for example, grew from just over 100,000 in 2006 to more than 250,000 …

How can Facebook help you promote your brand, products, and services? This book provides proven tactics that you can use right away to build your brand and engage prospective customers. With 500 million active users worldwide, Facebook offers a much larger audience than traditional media, but it’s a new landscape …

Whether you use Joomla! to power a website, intranet, or blog, you’ll need a good how-to reference on this complex, but not always intuitive, content management software. Joomla! Bible, Second Edition is that book. It not only brings you up to speed on the changes and extensions that are now …

This book is not intended to be a deep-dive on security, programming, reporting, configuration, etc. but more of a high-level overview on salesforce.com, Force.com development, tools, methodology and other resources. We will not cover all aspects of salesforce.com. We wrote this book to (hopefully) become an invaluable resource for anyone …

In Social Media 101, social media expert and blogger Chris Brogan presents the best practices for growing the value of your social media and social networking marketing efforts. Brogan has spent two years researching what the best businesses are doing with social media and how they’re doing it. Now, he …

The Internet is a huge virtual marketplace populated by millions upon millions of potential customers. It’s also flooded with web sites, vendors, and businesses—all vying for the attention of those millions of potential customers. In this vast and chaotic online world, how do you get noticed and grow your business?…