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Executives from major Internet players _ Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. _ are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday,...
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An internal State Department investigative report suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously...
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An internal State Department investigation suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously disclosed, and...
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Privacy rights vs. terror fights: The EU and the United States are close to agreeing on how to protect personal and private data while still letting law enforcement...
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Privacy rights vs. terror fights: The EU and the United States are close to agreeing on how to protect personal and private data but still allow law enforcement...
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Hoping to persuade more people to store their medical records online, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and a hodgepodge of health care providers and insurers have agreed on...
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Most employees know their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers’ e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory.
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A federal appeals court has made it more difficult for employers to snoop legally on e-mails and text messages their workers send from company accounts.
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A European Union privacy panel on Wednesday urged Internet search engine providers like Google Inc., Yahoo and MSN to delete data taken from users after six months.
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State Department workers viewed passport applications containing personal information about high-profile Americans, including the late Playboy playmate Anna Nicole...
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NebuAd CEO Bob Dykes poses at NebuAd headquarters in Redwood City, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. While Internet policy analysts in Britain, where online advertising company Phorm Inc. operates, argue that the company violates wiretap laws, NebuAd...
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