Privacy articles

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  Facebook and Microsoft soften support for latest CISPA bill

  By Dieter Bohn on March 14, 2013 10:04 pm + 16 comments

  Facebook has joined Microsoft in offering a very lukewarm statement about pending legislation in Continue reading…

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  Michelle Obama, Jay-Z, others suffer identity breach, FBI and Secret Service to investigate

  By Carl Franzen on March 12, 2013 06:23 pm + 29 comments

  The FBI and Secret Service are investigating "exposed.su," a mysterious website that popped up Continue reading…

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  Google settles Street View privacy case with 38 states for $7 million

  By Adi Robertson on March 12, 2013 01:30 pm + 34 comments

  Google has officially settled with 38 state attorneys general over alleged privacy violations from Continue reading…

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  Google reportedly nears $7 million settlement with states over Street View privacy violations

  By Carl Franzen on March 8, 2013 04:23 pm + 77 comments

  Google is reportedly preparing to pay out $7 million, split between 40 states, to settle an Continue reading…

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  Amazon Mechanical Turk workers not as anonymous as they think

  By Carl Franzen on March 7, 2013 04:33 pm + 15 comments

  Amazon's Mechanical Turk allows users to sign up for quick, low paying, online-based jobs like Continue reading…

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  Privacy bill would ban police from getting email and location data without a warrant

  By Joshua Kopstein on March 6, 2013 07:56 pm + 15 comments

  Privacy advocates in Congress have introduced another bi-partisan bill attempting to amend Continue reading…

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  Microsoft ending Scroogled TV advertising campaign (update)

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 4, 2013 11:02 am + 134 comments

  Microsoft is ending its Scroogled TV advertising campaign attacking Google's security practices. P Continue reading…

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  Do Not Track: privacy activists face off with the online ad industry

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 1, 2013 10:17 am

  In response to privacy concerns about pervasive online tracking by advertisers and others, Congress Continue reading…

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  Do Not Track bill reintroduced: 'They have dragged their feet long enough,' says senator

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 28, 2013 08:56 pm + 24 comments

  Do Not Track is back in the spotlight today as senators Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Richard Continue reading…

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  iPhone search warrant shows just how much information is on a cellphone

  By Adi Robertson on February 26, 2013 04:23 pm + 57 comments

  Cellphone data searches are a contentious topic: there's no clear overall consensus on how much Continue reading…