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The U.S. Government Announced Six States on Monday That Will Develop Test Sites for Drones
Jan 2, 2014The U.S. government announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanned aircraft into American skies. Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia will ...
Tags: test sites for drones, unmanned aircraft, US
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Comply with Children's Privacy Rules Took Effect in The U.S. Monday
Jul 3, 2013Some websites and mobile app developers are confused about how to comply with revised rules governing the online collection of personal information from children that took effect in the U.S. Monday, critics said. The U.S. Federal Trade ...
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DuckDuckGo Achieved a New Benchmark of Three Million Direct Searches in a Single Day
Jun 19, 2013Search engine DuckDuckGo, which allows users to search the web anonymously – crowdsourcing its results from other sites such as Wikipedia – has achieved a new benchmark of three million direct searches in a single day. The ...
Tags: Google, Duckduckgo
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Facebook Quickly Fixed a Privacy Leak in New Timeline After Being Alerted to The Problem
Mar 20, 2013Facebook quickly fixed a privacy leak in its new timeline after being alerted to the problem, according to a watchdog that follows the social networking site closely. Europe v. Facebook, an Austrian student organization that has filed ...
Tags: Facebook, social networking, privacy leak
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APP Will Pay a $800,000 Civil Penalty to Settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission Charges
Feb 5, 2013The maker of the Path social networking app will pay a $800,000 civil penalty to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected personal information from children without parental consent, the agency said Friday. ...
Tags: Path social networking app, U.S.Federal Trade Commission
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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
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Mobile Application Developers Should Minimize Privacy Surprises for Their Customers
Jan 10, 2013Mobile application developers should minimize privacy surprises for their customers by limiting their data collection and retention and giving users access to the data collected,California Attorney General Kamala Harris has recommended. ...
Tags: Mobile apps, Mobile application developers, privacy policies, Harris
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NTIA Is Set to Host The First of Several Meetings Seeking Input
Jan 4, 2013The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is set to host the first of several meetings seeking input for its effort to develop new codes of conduct for handling private consumer date on the Internet and mobile ...
Tags: NTIA, private consumer, privacy practices, Bill of Rights, FTC
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Mobile Carriers and APP Providers Do Not Clearly Disclose to Customers How They Use Data
Jan 4, 2013Mobile carriers and app providers do not consistently or clearly disclose to customers how they use location information and other personal data, according to a new report from government auditor the U.S. Government Accountability Office ...
Tags: senator, location data, US, Computer Products
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Web and Mobile Device Users Have Little Understanding About How Much of Personal Data
Dec 28, 2012Web and mobile device users have little understanding about how much of their personal data is collected online, making it difficult to rely on free-market competition for solutions to privacy concerns, privacy experts told the U.S. Federal ...
Tags: web, mobile device, users, free market, online privacy
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The FTC Has Launched an Investigation of Several Mobile APP Makers
Dec 28, 2012Many mobile apps aimed at children collect and share personal data without notifying parents, potentially violating U.S. law, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Monday. The FTC has launched an investigation of several ...
Tags: FTC, mobile apps, children, data
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US Regulators Ordered Data Brokers to Turn Over Information About How They Use Information
Dec 20, 2012US regulators have ordered data brokers to turn over information about how they collect and use information about consumers, in a move hailed by internet privacy activists. The US Federal Trade Commission said nine firms were ordered to ...
Tags: Privacy Impact, Data Brokers, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission Should Analyze Facebook's Relationship
Dec 20, 2012The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should analyze Facebook's relationship with a data marketer to ensure it doesn't violate the social networking site's recently approved settlement, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Monday. ...
Tags: U.S., FTC, Facebook, Datalogix, partnership
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Facebook Shares Personal Data with Third-Party App Makers Without Getting Users'permission
Dec 19, 2012German consumer organisations are suing Facebook because the social network keeps sharing personal data with third-party app makers without getting explicit consent from users. Third party apps often want access to a users’ chat as ...
Tags: data sharing, Facebook, Facebook sued, privacy, social media
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Google Will Pay a Historic Fine to Settle U.S. Government
Dec 19, 2012Google will pay a historic fine to settle U.S. government charges that it violated privacy laws when it tracked via cookies users of Apple's Safari browser. The US$22.5 million civil penalty is the largest ever secured by the U.S. Federal ...
Tags: Google, historic fine, privacy laws, Apple's Safari browser
