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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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Edward Snowden's Disclosures About NSA Collection of Massive Amounts of Personal Data
Nov 17, 2013Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The Duties Were Set at 59.46% for Chinese Producers of Hardwood Plywood
Sep 30, 2013The U.S. Department of Commerce has assigned final antidumping duties to several dozen Chinese producers of decorative hardwood plywood, some of which is used in furniture. The duties, which apply to goods shipped to the U.S. market and ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
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Mark Zuckerberg and Marissa Mayer Have Both Commented on The NSA Prism Revelations
Sep 13, 2013Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his Yahoo counterpart Marissa Mayer have both commented on the NSA Prism revelations, insisting that both web firms did as much as they could to resist governmental demands to reveal personal data of users. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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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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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 ...
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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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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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Google's 'back up My Data' Feature for Android Could Be Providing Users' Wi-Fi Passwords
Jul 23, 2013Google's 'back up my data' feature for Android could be providing users' Wi-Fi passwords to the likes of US National Security Agency (NSA) and the FBI, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has warned. A bug report posted by the ...
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Microsoft Is Seeking Permission to Disclose "Aggregate Statistics" Under The FISA
Jun 26, 2013Microsoft is seeking permission to disclose "aggregate statistics" about the number of requests for data it receives under the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, following a similar move by Google earlier this month. FISA has ...
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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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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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A Cottage Industry Is Growing up Around Virtual Padlocks
May 20, 2013A cottage industry is growing up around virtual padlocks that consumers can place on cloud services so that the vendors themselves can't get to the information -- even if the government requests access. And in recent years there have been ...
Tags: Cloud Data, Computer Products
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A Report Shows The Government in 2012 Made 1,856 Requests with FISC
May 7, 2013A special court established to review government requests for warrants to conduct electronic surveillance of suspected foreign spies received close to 1,900 warrant requests last year -- all of which it approved. A report released earlier ...