Privacy Advocacy Group
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Court limits federal wiretapping powers
News A federal judge in Washington today blocked the expansion of federal wiretapping powers, saying the proposed laws threatened individual privacy.
'Spyware' steps out of the shadows
News Late in July, an e-mail that hit employee in-boxes at a British credit card and finance company carried a secret payload--"spyware" capable of recording confidential corporate data and sending it over the Net.
Facebook's about-face: Change we can believe in?
News commentary After a change to the social network's terms of service sparks outrage, company decides to switch language back and says more modifications are on the way.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Terms Of Service, photograph, social networking, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, CEO, network, blog
Privacy activist asks US regulators to halt Google apps
News Electronic Privacy Information Center wants Federal Trade Commission to pull the plug on Google cloud-computing services until government-mandated "safeguards are verifiably established."
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, FTC, EPIC, Privacy Activist, Regulator, Privacy Advocacy Group, Marc Rotenberg, Google Apps
Developers launch anti-Phorm 'noise' tool
News A privacy group has launched an anti-targeted-advert tool in the shape of AntiPhormLite.
Tags: Internet advertising, Spam filtering, Web services, Tool, Developer, Advertisement, Mozilla Firefox, Internet User, Privacy Advocacy Group, Web browser plug-in
FTC faces suit about privacy complaints
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FTC faces suit for access to privacy complaints
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Microsoft defends Passport privacy
News Privacy advocates worry that the online ID service and similar technologies could be used--and abused--by the U.S. government or hackers.
Many Web sites will pay high price for children's data
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Intel, AMA to put patient records online
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