The US government's National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting the telephone communication records of millions of Verizon customers in the US in accordance with a top secret court order issued at the end of April 2013. Details of the ...
Tags: Telephone Records, US Government
Maine is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation with a law that would require police to obtain a court-issued search warrant in order to obtain a person's cell-phone location data. The State Legislature, by a vote of ...
Tags: Cell-Phone Tracking, Warrant, Maine
Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach consumers. SAP will introduce a ...
Tags: Mobile, SAP, Computer Products
Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach consumers. SAP will introduce a ...
Tags: Mobile Use, cloud service, Computer Products
Several users of devices running Google's Android operating system have filed an amended version of an earlier lawsuit accusing the company of illegally collecting, and allowing others to collect, extensive amounts of mobile user data ...
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A California state court has dismissed a closely watched lawsuit charging that Delta Air Lines failed to comply with state privacy laws for mobile applications. In a brief ruling last week, California Superior Court Judge Marla Miller ...
Tags: Mobile Privacy, Computer Products
Anyone remotely within the orbit of SAP lately knows that its number-one focus is the HANA in-memory database and development platform. At this week's Sapphire conference in Orlando, the vendor sought to show the progress it is making in ...
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NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest mobile carrier, will use location data from its 61.5 million subscriber devices to build a platform that monitors traffic conditions across the country. DoCoMo said it will leverage its access to massive ...
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Apple violates German data protection law by asking for users' broad, overall consent in its privacy policy, the Regional Court of Berlin ruled. Apple's terms for sharing personal information with the company are too broadly formulated, ...
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Facebook has posted a Q&A on its website about the privacy implications of its new Facebook Home software for Android phones, though it was unclear if it has addressed all the concerns raised. In a blog post Friday, the company said it ...
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File photo. Navman Wireless has launched a temperature monitoring and tracking system. The new application provides real-time remote temperature data for refrigerated compartments found in vans, trucks and trailers, giving fleet ...
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Three U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill to provide more protection from government surveillance for people who store data in the cloud. The Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act would require U.S. law enforcement ...
Tags: cloud, data storage, Electronic Surveillance
ChargePoint has partnered wit the ECOtality and formed the Collaboratev, electric vehicle (EV) charging network interoperability company in the US. The company will offer the other charging network providers to join as affiliates and ...
Tags: ChargePoint, ECOtality, Collaboratev, charging network
Finsphere says flash storage reduced cost per IOP by nine times Flash storage array vendor Violin Memory announced a new customer in the shape of Finsphere, a provider of identity authentication services to global financial institutions. ...
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In the bustle of a city full of traffic, narrow streets, tall buildings, trees and other obstacle, GPS can have a hard time accurately locating a vehicle whether its your family sedan, or your dozer. In an open field, the margin of error ...
Tags: GPS Accuracy, GPS System, GPS location, Consumer Electronics