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Andrea Stone

Lawmakers Enraged Over DHS Program To Monitor Online Comments On Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Homeland Security Social Media, Department of Homeland Security, Social Media, Video, Twitter, Dhs Social Media, Epic, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Online Privacy, Facebook, Dhs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers looking into homeland security officials' practice of monitoring social media sites seized on a report Thursday by a civil lib...

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Gerry Smith

Facebook Not The Last To Face Privacy Scrutiny

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Google, Facial Recognition Software, Verizon, Twitter, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Social Networking, Ftc, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Frostwire, Technology News

Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are reportedly near a settlement over the company's privacy policies. But Facebook is not the first socia...

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Electronic Privacy Information Center Calls TSA Body Scanners An 'Unreasonable Search'

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tsa, Airport Security, Travel, TSA Security, Full-Body-Scanners-Tsa, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Full Body Scanners, Travel News

WASHINGTON -- A privacy rights advocacy group is telling appellate judges that the use of full-body scanners as a first line of defense at airports vi...

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Smile! Aerial Images Being Used To Enforce Laws

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aerial Surveillance, Google Earth, Eye in the Sky, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Center for Democracy and Technology, Google, Law Enforcement, Crime, Technology News

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — On New York's Long Island, it's used to prevent drownings. In Greece, it's a tool to help solve a financial crisis. Municipali...

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EPIC Complains While Google Tries to Fix Buzz Privacy Snafus

Larry Magid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electronic-Privacy-Information-Center, Epic, Privacy, Google Buzz, Sergey Brin, Online Privacy, Buzz, Gmail, Technology News
Larry Magid

By exposing your Buzz followers, Google was exposing the people you communicate with. That could be a problem if that list included a potential employer you were negotiating with while still at your current job.

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