Yahoo has received between 12,000 to 13,000 requests for user data from law enforcement agencies in the U.S. between Dec. 1 and May 31 this year, the company said Monday. The most common of these requests concerned fraud, homicides, ...
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Apple has revealed that it received 5,000 US government requests for customer data between 1 December 2012 and 31 May 2013, making it one of the most scrutinised tech companies by the NSA-run surveillance group last week revealed to be ...
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Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet. That was the general consensus of a panel of legal experts speaking Saturday at a Silicon Valley conference ...
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Some thousand-plus Google users have been subject to FBI security information requests since 2009, the company said Tuesday. The data build on Google's already existing tally of government data requests. The new figures look at the number ...
Twitter has released new numbers showing that the social network complied with government data requests 69% of the time in the U.S., as government requests for user information worldwide continue to rise. The total number of information ...
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Twitter has released new numbers showing that the social network complied with government data requests 69 percent of the time in the U.S., as government requests for user information worldwide continue to rise. The total number of ...
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In light of data privacy day, the search giant promises to increase its efforts in protecting user online information. The new initiatives aim to create a stricter process for handling data request from government agencies. "If it's ...
Google’s Transparency Reports, which are released every six months, are interesting not just for what they reveal about government requests for Internet user data, but also for what they fail to reveal. Transparency reports are ...
Governments continue to ask Google for more data about its users, with more than two-thirds of requests in the U.S. made through a subpoena, which usually doesn't require asking a judge for a search warrant. User data requests of all ...
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Governments around the world are requesting more information about internet users than ever before. That's according to statistics released by Google in its latest bi-annual transparency report. In the second half of 2012, the operator ...
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Google's Transparency Reports, released every six months, are interesting not just for what they reveal about government requests for Internet user data, but also for what they do not reveal. Transparency reports are basically a biannual ...
Global internet connection speeds around the world slowed in late 2012, according to a survey that suggested a temporary stall in broadband gains. Akamai Technologies' third quarter "State of the Internet" report also found Brazil and ...
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Google has reported a "steady increase" in government requests to hand over data from internet users in the second half of 2012. The web giant's semiannual "transparency report" showed the most requests came from the United States, with ...
The leader in online reputation management and Internet privacy is now offering assistance with removal of mugshotsonline.com links, pictures and complete mugshot profiles. InternetReputation.com is excited to announce the successes of ...
Public Wi-Fi is beginning to find its way into every corner of the UK. It is no longer the domain of the American-style coffee shop, with pubs, retailers and even theme parks offering their own connections. However, this is not enough for ...
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