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The Data Breach at Target Corp. That Exposed Millions of Credit Card Numbers
Mar 9, 2014The data breach at Target Corp. that exposed millions of credit card numbers has focused attention on the patchwork of state consumer notification laws in the U.S. and renewed a push for a single national standard. Most U.S. states have ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
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Federal Efforts to Combat Health Care Fraud Recovered a Record $4.3 Billion
Mar 5, 2014Federal efforts to combat health care fraud recovered a record $4.3 billion in fiscal 2013 and have recouped more than $8 for every $1 spent on enforcement over the past three years, according to an annual report released Wednesday. ...
Tags: Health Care, Fraud, Recovered
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Washington and Colorado Became The First States to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use
Feb 26, 2014NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- In 2012, Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana use. Another 15 states have decriminalized the drug. And 19 states allow it for medical purposes. An increase in ...
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Microsoft Would Move Ahead with Its Lawsuit Against The U.S. Government on Friday
Sep 1, 2013Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said on Friday that the company would move ahead with its lawsuit against the U.S. government, seeking permission to release more information on demands Microsoft receives from the National Security ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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MIT Never Sought a Federal Prosecution of Aaron Swartz
Aug 2, 2013The Massachusetts Institute of Technology never sought a federal prosecution of Aaron Swartz, the programming prodigy who was charged with stealing millions of academic papers from an online archive at MIT, according to a report by the ...
Tags: software, Computer Products
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NSA Can Retain Communications of U.S. Citizens or Residents Potentially Indefinitely
Jun 21, 2013The National Security Agency can retain communications of U.S. citizens or residents potentially indefinitely if those communications are encrypted, according to a newly leaked secret government document. The document describes the ...
Tags: NSA, Encrypted Communications
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Yahoo Has Received Between 12,000 to 13,000 Requests for User Data
Jun 18, 2013Yahoo 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, ...
Tags: Yahoo, User Data, Law Enforcement Agencies
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EU Has Raised Concerns Over The Prism Surveillance Information-Sharing Programme
Jun 13, 2013EU Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding has raised her concerns over the Prism surveillance information-sharing programme with the US Attorney General Eric Holder, who she is to meet in Dublin on Friday. In a statement on her website, ...
Tags: Prism surveillance
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A Site That Published The Private Information and Credit Reports Last Week Went Offline
Mar 20, 2013A site that published the private information and credit reports of several celebrities and other public figures last week went offline on Sunday. The last person to have his alleged private information exposed on the site was CIA director ...
Tags: site, Social Security, pages
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Attorney General Eric Holder Defended The Role of The Prosecution
Mar 11, 2013U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder defended the role of the prosecution in the case of the late Internet activist and innovator Aaron Swartz, stating that "there was never an intention for him to go to jail for longer than a three, four, ...
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The US Faces a Growing Threat From Trade Secret Theft by Foreign Hackers
Feb 22, 2013The US faces a growing threat from trade secret theft by foreign hackers and needs to apply new legislation and diplomatic pressure in order to protect American businesses. That's what a White House spokesman told the press at an event to ...
Tags: US, trade secret theft, diplomatic pressure
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Yahoo and Amazon Have Been Criticised by Privacy Groups and European Regulators
Feb 5, 2013American technology giants including Google, Yahoo and Amazon have been criticised by privacy groups and European regulators for lobbying in Washington against new EU data privacy laws. The American firms are campaigning for more relaxed ...
Tags: Google, Yahoo, Amazon, EU data privacy laws