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Schumer: Probe Billboards Using Phone Data to Track Shoppers
NEW YORK— A U.S. senator is calling for a federal investigation into an outdoor advertising company’s latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers.New York Sen. Charles Schumer has dubbed Clear Channel Outdoor Americas’ so-called RADAR...
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EU Court Rules Employers Can Read Your Private Messages at Work
Employers in Europe now have the right to keep tabs on the private emails and text messages that their workers send while at the office.
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France Orders Google to Apply Europe’s ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Rule Globally
France’s data protection agency rejected Google’s appeal of its decision to require the search-engine to apply Europe’s “Right to be Forgotten” law to all Google domains world-wide.
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Privacy Complaints Increased 50 Percent in 2014
Privacy advocates say a jump in the number of privacy related complaints in 2014 is proof that Canadians are increasingly concerned about privacy issues.
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Ambiguous Illinois Law Allows Schools to Demand Social Media Passwords
The Illinois legislature passed a school privacy rights law that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, which both protects students rights not to reveal their social media account information, then takes those very same rights away.
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Canada: Who Will Keep an Eye on the Spies?
Over 30 organizations have formed a coalition to protect Canadians against government intrusion online.
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Skype Handed Over Teenager’s Information to IT Firm
Skype, the popular voice-over-Internet and messaging service, is said to have illegally handed over a teenage user’s personal information to a private company.
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Council Hearing on NYPD Bills on Wednesday
A hearing on four pieces of legislation which, if passed, would impact how the NYPD operates is scheduled for Oct. 10 at the City Council chambers at City Hall.
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Germany Targets Facebook’s Face Recognition
A digital privacy watchdog in Germany plans legal action against Facebook over its facial recognition feature said to violate data protection laws.
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YouTube Introduces Face-Blur Tool to Protect Activists, Children
YouTube announced it is launching a feature to give uploaders the ability to blur the faces of people in videos—an especially useful tool for journalists and citizens filming in risky environments.
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Schumer: Probe Billboards Using Phone Data to Track Shoppers
NEW YORK— A U.S. senator is calling for a federal investigation into an outdoor advertising company’s latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers.New York Sen. Charles Schumer has dubbed Clear Channel Outdoor Americas’ so-called RADAR...
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EU Court Rules Employers Can Read Your Private Messages at Work
Employers in Europe now have the right to keep tabs on the private emails and text messages that their workers send while at the office.
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France Orders Google to Apply Europe’s ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Rule Globally
France’s data protection agency rejected Google’s appeal of its decision to require the search-engine to apply Europe’s “Right to be Forgotten” law to all Google domains world-wide.
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Privacy Complaints Increased 50 Percent in 2014
Privacy advocates say a jump in the number of privacy related complaints in 2014 is proof that Canadians are increasingly concerned about privacy issues.
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Ambiguous Illinois Law Allows Schools to Demand Social Media Passwords
The Illinois legislature passed a school privacy rights law that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2014, which both protects students rights not to reveal their social media account information, then takes those very same rights away.
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Canada: Who Will Keep an Eye on the Spies?
Over 30 organizations have formed a coalition to protect Canadians against government intrusion online.
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Skype Handed Over Teenager’s Information to IT Firm
Skype, the popular voice-over-Internet and messaging service, is said to have illegally handed over a teenage user’s personal information to a private company.
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Council Hearing on NYPD Bills on Wednesday
A hearing on four pieces of legislation which, if passed, would impact how the NYPD operates is scheduled for Oct. 10 at the City Council chambers at City Hall.
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Germany Targets Facebook’s Face Recognition
A digital privacy watchdog in Germany plans legal action against Facebook over its facial recognition feature said to violate data protection laws.
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YouTube Introduces Face-Blur Tool to Protect Activists, Children
YouTube announced it is launching a feature to give uploaders the ability to blur the faces of people in videos—an especially useful tool for journalists and citizens filming in risky environments.
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