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Tech Giants' NSA Deal Leaves Smaller Companies Such as Start-Ups with Greater Restrictions
Feb 7, 2014Photo: Evan Vucci/AP Photo A group of U.S. technology giants has struck a deal with the Obama administration that allows the companies to disclose more details on customer data turned over to government agencies such as the National ...
Tags: NBA, FISA, i2Coalition, PC World
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Yahoo Will Encrypt All Users Personal Data by March Next Year
Nov 21, 2013Yahoo will encrypt all users personal data by March next year, the web firm's CEO Marissa Mayer has said. Yahoo, along with other web firms including Apple, Microsoft and Google, have been subject to thousands of data requests under the ...
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Facebook and Yahoo Asked FISC for Permission to Publish Details of Security Requests
Sep 11, 2013Facebook and Yahoo have asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) for permission to publish details of national security requests they receive from the US government for user data. In a policy statement on Tumblr, Yahoo's ...
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The US Government Made 12,444 Requests for Data About 40,322 Yahoo Users
Sep 10, 2013The US government made 12,444 requests for data about 40,322 Yahoo users, the web firm has revealed in its first annual transparency report. The report marks a more detailed account of what world governments have requested from Yahoo, ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Yahoo Received More Than 30,000 Requests From Seventeen Different Countries
Sep 9, 2013Yahoo received more than 30,000 requests from seventeen different countries around the world for user data in the first half of this year, resulting in more than 25,000 instances of data disclosure, it said Friday in its first transparency ...
Tags: Yahoo, Data Requests
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Governments Requested Information About 38,000 Facebook Users in The First Six Months
Aug 29, 2013Governments requested information about 38,000 Facebook users in the first six months of this year the social network has revealed. Facebook's Global Government Requests Report comes after the social network revealed it received 10,000 ...
Tags: Computer Products, Facebook
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German Recommended Federal and Other High Profile Sector Departments Do Not Use Windows 8
Aug 23, 2013The German government has recommended that Federal Administration and other high profile public sector departments in the country do not use Windows 8 because, it warns, it contains security backdoors that cannot be controlled or trusted, ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Google Will by Default Encrypt Data Warehoused in Its Cloud Storage Service
Aug 19, 2013Google said Thursday it will by default encrypt data warehoused in its Cloud Storage service. The server-side encryption is now active for all new data written to Cloud Storage, and older data will be encrypted in the coming months, wrote ...
Tags: Cloud Storage, Google, Computer Products, Cloud Storage service
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Government Requests to Twitter to Reveal Private Information About Users
Aug 6, 2013Government requests to Twitter to reveal private information about users has rocketed by 40 per cent in the first six months of this year, the social media company has revealed as part of its bi-annual transparency report. The report, ...
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Yahoo Has Won a Court Ruling That Allows The Release of Records
Jul 18, 2013Yahoo has won a court ruling that allows the release of records that show how the web firm fought against demands to hand over data under Prism, when the web monitoring system was first established in 2008. A court ruled that the United ...
Tags: Yahoo, Computer Products
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Apple Is to Investigate an Accident in Which a Woman in China Died
Jul 16, 2013Apple is to investigate an accident in which a woman in China died after using an iPhone 5 while it was charging. The incident occurred last Thursday, and Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that the woman, Ma Ailun, was 23 years old, ...
Tags: Computer Products, iPhone 5
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MasterCard and Visa Are Now Taking Action Against VPN Providers
Jul 5, 2013MasterCard and Visa are now taking action against VPN providers, according to Swedish payment provider Payson. Customers of Payson have apparently received an email stating that VPN services are no longer able to accept Visa or MasterCard ...
Tags: Payment Service, mastercard, visa
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HP to Put up a Fight for Its Customers' Data If US Authorities Came Calling to Access It
Jul 5, 2013HP would put up a fight for its customers' data if the US authorities came calling to access it, according to HP's privacy officer EMEA, Daniel Pradelles. The US Patriot Act enables authorities in the US to seize data if they believe it ...
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Google Is Revealing Some New Numbers Around Malware and Phishing Attempts in an Effort
Jun 27, 2013Google is revealing some new numbers around malware and phishing attempts in an effort to get more people thinking about online security and to make the Web safer. The data is being incorporated into the company's biannual transparency ...
Tags: Google, Malware, Transparency, Web safer
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Twitter Will Inform Users of Government Data Requests & Reject Them to Protect Privacy
Jun 27, 2013Twitter will inform users of government data requests and in some cases reject them to protect the privacy of users, its chief executive said Wednesday. Dick Costolo, appearing at a forum at the Brookings Institution in Washington, ...
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