Preventive Medicine: Safeguards against Virus Liability Cases.

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Main Authors:	Thomas, Phyllis L., And Others
Format:	Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:	en
Published:	1991
Subjects:	College Administration Computer Oriented Programs Court Litigation Higher Education Legal Problems Legal Responsibility Prevention School Responsibility
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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contents	Preventive Medicine: Safeguards against Virus Liability Cases. Thomas, Phyllis L. And Others College Administration Computer Oriented Programs Court Litigation Higher Education Legal Problems Legal Responsibility Prevention School Responsibility Colleges and universities that provide computer services have become vulnerable to potential lawsuits associated with contraction and spread of computer viruses. Bookstore, library, and computer classroom or laboratory are most susceptible. In addition to protection against legal liability, schools should take specific steps to prevent problems. (MSE)
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spellingShingle	Preventive Medicine: Safeguards against Virus Liability Cases. Thomas, Phyllis L. And Others College Administration Computer Oriented Programs Court Litigation Higher Education Legal Problems Legal Responsibility Prevention School Responsibility Preventive Medicine: Safeguards against Virus Liability Cases. Thomas, Phyllis L. And Others College Administration Computer Oriented Programs Court Litigation Higher Education Legal Problems Legal Responsibility Prevention School Responsibility Colleges and universities that provide computer services have become vulnerable to potential lawsuits associated with contraction and spread of computer viruses. Bookstore, library, and computer classroom or laboratory are most susceptible. In addition to protection against legal liability, schools should take specific steps to prevent problems. (MSE)
title	Preventive Medicine: Safeguards against Virus Liability Cases.
topic	College Administration Computer Oriented Programs Court Litigation Higher Education Legal Problems Legal Responsibility Prevention School Responsibility
url	https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ439740

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// Anecdotal testing Today and Yesterday seems to indicate destroy() // is called by the garbage collector and everything is good. // Something to keep in mind though. return 0; } /** * Write function that is called when session data is to be saved. * * @param string $sessId The current session ID * @param string $data The session data to write * * @return bool */ public function write($sessId, $data): bool { if ($this->writesDisabled) { return true; } return $this->saveSession($sessId, $data); } /** * A function that is called internally when session data is to be saved. * * @param string $sessId The current session ID * @param string $data The session data to write * * @return bool */ abstract protected function saveSession($sessId, $data): bool; }

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