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Leaks About Surveillance Programs at The U.S. National Security Agency Show an Agency
Jun 26, 2013Recent leaks about surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency show an agency with little regard for the U.S. Constitution and laws on the books, two past NSA leakers said Wednesday. Leaks by former NSA contractor Edward ...
Tags: NSA Leakers, Privacy Violations
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Many U.S. Residents Were Concerned About Privacy Violations
Jun 13, 2013Even before bombshell disclosures of the U.S. government's massive collection of Internet and cellphone data, many U.S. residents were concerned about privacy violations. In a survey conducted just days before reports surfaced about ...
Tags: NSA Scandal, Privacy Breaches
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Google's Android Operating System Have Filed an Amended Version of an Earlier Lawsuit
May 20, 2013Several 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 ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products
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The ADA Prevents States From Enforcing Laws That Could Impact The Prices
May 16, 2013A 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
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Google Must Pay a $190,000 Fine in Germany for Gathering and Storing Personal Data
Apr 24, 2013Google must pay a $190,000 fine in Germany for gathering and storing emails, photos, passwords and chat protocols from unprotected Wi-Fi networks with Google Street View cars, Hamburg's Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Lawmakers Plan to Reintroduce a Controversial Cybersecurity Bill
Feb 18, 2013Two U.S. lawmakers plan to reintroduce a controversial cybersecurity bill that allows private companies to share customers' personal information related to a wide range of cyberthreats with government agencies. Representatives Mike ...
Tags: cybersecurity, U.S., bill
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The Path APP was charged by its illegal collecting users' information
Feb 4, 2013The operator of the Path social networking app has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived users by collecting personal information from their mobile device address books without their knowledge and consent. The ...
Tags: Path social networking app, Federal Trade Commission, mobile device
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A U.S. Lawmaker Has Proposed Legislation
Jan 22, 2013A U.S. lawmaker has proposed legislation that would allow mobile phone users to ask apps to stop collecting their personal data and to delete information collected in the past. U.S. Representative Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, ...
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The Republican and Democratic Parties Should Take a Stand for Internet "Freedom"
Dec 19, 2012The Republican and Democratic parties should take a stand for Internet "freedom" during their upcoming national conventions, a group of Internet activists urged Monday. More than 36,000 people have signed a petition, started by 'Net ...
Tags: Republican parties, Democratic parties, Internet freedom, Internet
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Up to 10 Percent of Mobile Apps Expose User Passwords and Login Names
Dec 18, 2012Up to 10 percent of mobile apps expose user passwords and login names, 25 percent expose personally identifiable information and 40 percent communicate with third parties, according to research results released today by ThreatLabZ, a ...
Tags: highlightedpost, mobile apps, mobile security, mobility, research, Securtiy
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The Amount of Mobile Android Malware Has Surged This Year
Dec 18, 2012The amount of mobile Android malware has surged this year, from a count of 30,000 malware specimens in June to almost 175,000 last month, according to Trend Micro’s Security Roundup report for the third quarter of this year. ...
Tags: Android, apps, Google, highlightedpost, malware, security, Trend Micro
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Google Proposal to Settle FTC Related to Its Surreptitious Tracking of Apple Safari Users
Jul 10, 2012Privacy advocates today welcomed news of a possible Google proposal to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges related to its surreptitious tracking of Apple Safari users. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, ...
Tags: Google, USA, FTC, surreptitious tracking