Policy articles

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  Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others sign up to Obama's new 'Privacy Bill of Rights,' will respect do-not-track instructions

  By Vlad Savov on February 23, 2012 05:58 am + 49 comments

  US President Barack Obama has today unveiled a new framework for online privacy intended to Continue reading…

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  Apple to allow third-party environmental inspections, could begin as early as March

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 21, 2012 09:09 am + 9 comments

  Apple will allow independent environmental audits of at least two of its suppliers’ manufacturing Continue reading…

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  Congress sends Apple letter filled with questions about iOS address book privacy

  By T.C. Sottek on February 15, 2012 12:39 pm + 70 comments

  The iOS address book row is no longer just a tempest in the internet's teapot: members of the US Continue reading…

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  SEC says AT&T and others must let shareholders vote on wireless net neutrality, courtesy of the Beastie Boys' Mike D

  By T.C. Sottek on February 15, 2012 10:27 am + 14 comments

  The US Securities and Exchange Commission has required AT&T and other carriers to allow shareholders Continue reading…

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  LightSquared's LTE network would have 'ruinous effects' on aircraft safety, says DOT

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 9, 2012 09:22 am + 23 comments

  Yesterday the US House of Representatives' Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure heard from Continue reading…

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  FCC proposal would allow the encryption of basic cable programing, Boxee cries foul

  By Bryan Bishop on February 8, 2012 09:01 am + 23 comments

  Last month Boxee released its Live TV dongle, which allows Boxee Box owners to integrate live Continue reading…

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  SOPA and PIPA prompt Reddit, Mozilla, and 73 others to ask Congress to halt work on intellectual property laws

  By T.C. Sottek on February 6, 2012 04:59 pm + 47 comments

  A coalition of 75 groups including Reddit, Mozilla, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Public Continue reading…

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  European regulators calling on Google to halt changes to its privacy policy

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 3, 2012 08:51 am + 32 comments

  Add the European Union to the list of those taking issue with Google's new privacy policy: Reuters Continue reading…

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  India's Supreme Court cancels licenses in 2008 2G auction, shocking large foreign investors

  By T.C. Sottek on February 2, 2012 04:29 pm + 20 comments

  In an astounding rebuke of powerful political and commercial players in India, the country's Supreme Continue reading…

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  Google debunks Microsoft's claims about its new privacy policies

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 1, 2012 05:01 pm + 37 comments

  Google's had a rough week since it first announced revisions to its privacy policies — the Continue reading…