Privacy Law

Gerry Smith

Mobile Apps For Kids May Be Violating Privacy Law, FTC Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Apple App Store, Apple Apps, Ftc, Privacy Law, Google Android Market, Federal Trade Commission, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Mobile Apps, Technology News

Dozens of mobile apps for kids, from alphabet and word games to flash cards and puzzles, do not disclose how they use children's personal data and may...

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Privacy Rights in the Digital Age

Susannah Meyer | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Social Media, Privacy Law, Online Privacy, High School News
Susannah Meyer

What motivates people to make their private lives public on social media sites, how permanent a record is, and what is and isn't private are all factors of privacy that are changing as technology advances.

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YOUR TAKE: Is Teen Stealing Becoming A Trend?

Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Ebay, Money Laundering, Australia, Luxury, Privacy Law, Teen Theft, Usf, Scams, Theft, High School News

A 14-year-old Australian boy masterminded a $200,000 eBay scam and used the money to live a celebrity lifestyle. Now, his mother is suing four Austral...

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White House Pledges New Internet Privacy Approach

CNET | Declan McCullagh | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA), Privacy Law, Internet Policy, Internet, White House, Internet Privacy, Online Privacy, Technology Policy Institute, Internet Regulation, Technology News

A White House aide today previewed the administration's forthcoming approach to Internet consumer protection, saying it will provide "privacy law with...

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Law Would Make Social Networks Private By Default

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Privacy Proposal, Privacy Law, Online Privacy, Privacy Facebook, sb242, Ellen Corbett, Facebook, Social Networking, Social Networks, Technology News

A landmark law proposed in California would upend social networking sites' privacy policies by instituting new restrictions on what user information i...

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Google Was In 'Significant Breach' Of Law, UK Rules

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Privacy Law, Google Privacy, Google England, Google UK, Technology News

LONDON — Google violated Britain's data protection laws when its Street View mapping service recorded data from private wireless networks, the c...

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Sexual Assault Investigations Impeded By Privacy Laws On Campus

The Coloradoan | Laura Frank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: University, Hippa, Date Rape Drug, Frat, Date Rape, CU Boulder, Privacy Law, Campus, College, University of Colorado, Sexual Assault, Cu, Privacy, Fraternities, Denver News

In the fall of 2008, University of Colorado students who'd sought help from the school's Office of Victim Assistance told counselors they'd been the t...

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Homeland Security Privacy Policy Investigation Sought

Washington Post | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. Intelligence, Privacy Investigation, Homeland Security, Homeland Security Committee, u.s. Surveillance, Surveillance Policy, Privacy Law Investigation, Privacy Policy Investigation, Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Privacy Policy, Privacy Coalition, Intelligence Policy, Privacy Law, Surveillance Law, Patriot Act, Privacy Policy, Politics News

Privacy advocates have asked lawmakers to investigate the Department of Homeland Security office in charge of protecting Americans' privacy, saying it...

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Will We Electronically Neuter The President?

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Generation Obama, Blackberry, Politics, Lifestyle, Internet Privacy, Obama's Cabinet, Privacy Law, Obama Transition, Obama, Communication, Politics News
Dwayne Raymond

The Bush administration never reached out via web. In reality, Bush largely disregarded the internet because he didn't comprehend its magnitude. Or perhaps he did?

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