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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, ...
Tags: Twitter, Data Request Policy
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Apple Has Revealed That It Received 5,000 US Government Requests
Jun 17, 2013Apple 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 ...
Tags: Apple, Data Request, US Government
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When Designing a ZigBee Wireless Sensor Device Is It Often Necessary to Make a Choice
Mar 5, 2013When designing a ZigBee wireless sensor networking device is it often necessary to make a system partitioning choice. What makes the most sense – a ZigBee system-on-chip (SoC) that combines a 2.4GHz wireless transceiver and a ...
Tags: ZigBee, wireless sensor networking device, processing core
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Google Plans to Implement Three Initiatives to Better Protect Consumers
Jan 29, 2013In 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 ...
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Governments Continue to Ask Google for More Data About Its Users
Jan 28, 2013Governments 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 ...
Tags: Google, subpoena, search warrant
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You Can Be Tracked by a Dozen Different Organizations and Recorded for Posterity
Dec 27, 2012They say no one can hear you scream in space, but if you so much as whisper on the Web, you can be tracked by a dozen different organizations and recorded for posterity. Simply visiting a website can allow its operators to figure out your ...
Tags: device information, advertising cookies, web