Privacy articles

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  Feature

  First Person Shooter: Taser's new cop-cam takes aim at perps and privacy

  By Matt Stroud on April 5, 2013 11:21 am + 235 comments

  You hear a click, like the sound of a light switch. Or a pencil being snapped. You’re facing away Continue reading…

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  Article

  ComScore accused of mass privacy violations in newly-awarded class action lawsuit

  By Sam Byford on April 4, 2013 10:00 pm + 11 comments

  Analytics company comScore provides data on everything from smartphone marketshare to social network Continue reading…

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  Article

  Google's privacy director departs after years of controversial practices and legal trouble

  By Carl Franzen on April 1, 2013 05:19 pm + 94 comments

  Google has confirmed to The Verge that lead privacy director Alma Whitten will be leaving the Continue reading…

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  Article

  Google's decision to scrap Reader influenced by the cost of privacy compliance

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 24, 2013 08:32 pm + 423 comments

  Google is taking a lot of heat for its decision to scrap the popular Reader RSS feed aggregator, Continue reading…

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  Article

  Mayor Bloomberg says surveillance drones are inevitable in NYC: 'get used to it'

  By David Pierce on March 24, 2013 12:02 pm + 287 comments

  Governmental use of unmanned surveillance drones has inspired a lot of concern about privacy, but Continue reading…

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  Article

  Apple to finally stop accepting apps that use outdated UDID device identifier on May 1st

  By Bryan Bishop on March 21, 2013 07:18 pm + 22 comments

  Apple announced it was deprecating the Unique Device Identifier back in August of 2011, and over 18 Continue reading…

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  Article

  Privacy laws can't handle new wave of commercial drones, Senate hearing concludes

  By Carl Franzen on March 20, 2013 04:40 pm + 10 comments

  National privacy laws aren't ready to handle the 10,000 commercial drones predicted to be flying Continue reading…

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  Article

  Apple lambasted by judge for not turning over documents in privacy case

  By Bryan Bishop on March 19, 2013 09:09 pm + 41 comments

  Apple may be facing penalties in an ongoing privacy case after a failure to produce documents in a Continue reading…

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  Article

  Justice Department changes stance, now supports search warrants to access user email

  By Carl Franzen on March 19, 2013 02:30 pm + 10 comments

  The US Justice Department says it's now willing to consider getting search warrants to access almost Continue reading…

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  Article

  Google testifies to Congress calling for more email privacy, says current law 'fails'

  By Carl Franzen on March 19, 2013 10:02 am + 121 comments

  Google's legal director Richard Salgado is due to testify before a committee at the House of Continue reading…