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Facebook Fleshes Out Privacy Policy To Comply With Data Protection Audits, Will Hold Q&A On Monday

John Constine reports: Today Facebook will start sending the first of three billion... 

Supreme Court to hear Facebook cyberbullying case

Natalie Stechyson reports:  A teenage girl who says she was a victim of Facebook... 

Some things are sacred: Fed up Facebook fans flee reading app in droves

I don’t know how many there are in a “drove,” but it seems to be... 

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NZ: Principals call to search students’ cellphones, laptops

Principals want the power to search students’ cellphones and laptops to combat... 

Few Companies Fight Patriot Act Gag Orders, FBI Admits

Kim Zetter reports: Since the Patriot Act broadly expanded the power of the government... 

Senator seeks DOJ cellphone tracking data

John Ribeiro reports: U.S. Senator Al Franken has in a letter asked the Department... 

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EPIC.org: FAA Revises Drone License Procedures, Privacy Petition Still Pending EPIC.org: FAA Revises Drone License Procedures, Privacy Petition Still Pending

From EPIC.org: The Federal Aviation Administration has announced new procedures for government agencies that operate drones in the United States. The procedures will streamline the process through which government agencies, including local law enforcement, receive drone licenses. However, the FAA has so far failed to establish privacy safeguards for... [Read more of this story]

Ca: Top court to decide if data on work computer is private Ca: Top court to decide if data on work computer is private

Angela Mulholland reports: How much privacy Canadians can expect when they use work computers for personal use will be under a microscope when the Supreme Court begins hearing arguments this week in a case that could have wide implications for many employees. [...] The case before the Supreme Court of Canada involves a high school teacher in Sudbury,... [Read more of this story]

Can a huge privacy breach really have no consequences? Can a huge privacy breach really have no consequences?

I’m absolutely mind-boggled by an Israeli data theft that I’ve been covering over on DataBreaches.net. The gist of the situation is that a programmer allegedly copied a database with the details of millions of Israelis. Over the years, that database was shared and integrated with at least 11 other databases, shared some more, and became... [Read more of this story]

Twitter complies with Va police request, but moves to quash a NY subpoena Twitter complies with Va police request, but moves to quash a NY subpoena

AP/WAVY report that Twitter has turned over user info on four accounts that authorities suspect may be linked to an April 14 attack in which reporters were assaulted: WAVY.com obtained the police search warrants requesting posts and personal information from the Twitter accounts, including the users’ location and email addresses. The warrants... [Read more of this story]

Myspace Settles FTC Charges That It Misled Millions of Users About Sharing Personal Information with Advertisers Myspace Settles FTC Charges That It Misled Millions of Users About Sharing Personal Information with Advertisers

Social networking service Myspace has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented its protection of users’ personal information. The settlement, part of the FTC’s ongoing efforts make sure companies live up to the privacy promises they make to consumers, bars Myspace from future privacy misrepresentations,... [Read more of this story]

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