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Invasion of Privacy

Hey, Apple! Get Off My Tail!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 12.14.2012 | Technology
Read More: Data Mining, Invasion of Privacy, Apple, George Orwell, Big Brother, Ipad, iphone5, Location Tracking, Apple Location Tracker, Technology News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

It's just the beginning, guys. Every breath you take. Every move you make. Every bond you break, every step you take, Apple will be watching you. Unless you find the well-hidden option, that is.

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The Royal Peep Show

Suzanne Ely | Posted 11.20.2012 | Media
Read More: Huffington, Huffmag, Huffington Magazine, Royal Family, The Closer, Invasion of Privacy, Privacy Rights, Journalistic Ethics, Media Ethics, Kate Middleton, Privacy, Media News
Suzanne Ely

The allure and thrill of the unknown ending in an over-scripted world and the visceral encounter with the unaltered has left us drunk and horny on communal media peep shows.

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How Kate Middleton's Boobs Could Save the World (If Only She'd Let Them)

Keli Goff | Posted 11.20.2012 | Style
Read More: Kate Middleton, Kate Middleton Topless, Invasion of Privacy, Style News
Keli Goff

Kate Middleton should embrace her newfound influence and platform with gusto and use it for good, something she has been slow to do so far.

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Lawmakers Reject Color-Coded Student IDs By Test Score

The Huffington Post | Gregory Kristof | Posted 06.21.2012 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Education, Color-Coded Student Ids, High Schools, Invasion of Privacy, California High Schools, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, California Schools, Education Reform, Student IDs, Public Education, Privacy, Video, Home News

California lawmakers have voted to prohibit a controversial practice by Kennedy and Cypress High Schools that required students to carry color-coded I...

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Police: Man Says He Taped Co-Worker Breast-Pumping In Her Office

Posted 06.06.2012 | Parents
Read More: Breast-Pumping, Moms Returning to Work, Invasion of Privacy, Desales University, Breast-Pumps, John Bednarik II, Breastpumps, Breast-Pumping in the Workplace, Mothers in the Workplace, Parents News

For a new mother who works at DeSales University in Center Valley, Penn., the simple act of pumping breastmilk at work led to extreme distress when sh...

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Is Privacy Really THAT Special Anymore?

Joseph Rauch | Posted 07.07.2012 | College
Read More: Google, Consumers, Target Stores, Internet Privacy, Facebook, Invasion of Privacy, Privacy, Big Brother, College News
Joseph Rauch

Since privacy is a broad term and can be defined in many ways, it is not always clear what an invasion of privacy is. People can find out just about everything they want to know about you by using cookies and behavioral targeting since your Internet history is readily accessible.

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Dharun Ravi And Tyler Clementi Timeline: Roommates In Dorm Room Spying Case

The Huffington Post | Kyle McGovern | Posted 05.22.2012 | Crime
Read More: Tyler Clementi Gay, Dharun Ravi Twitter, Bullying, Rutgers Suicide Case, Suicide, Cyberbullying Trial, Cyber Bullying, New Brunswick-New Jersey, Tyler Clementi Suicide, Anti-Bullying, Dharun Ravi Trial, Tyler Clementi Case, Rutgers Spycam, Cyberbullying, Dharun Ravi, Invasion of Privacy, Hate Crime, Teen Cyberbullying, New Yorker Tyler Clementi, Dharun Ravi Trial Update, Rutgers Suicide, Bias Intimidation, Tyler Clementi, Crime News

A timeline of events could be crucial to determining if Dharun Ravi is guilty of bullying and snooping on Tyler Clementi in the so-called "Roommate We...

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Middle School Principal Accused Of Recording Boys Showering

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.28.2011 | Home
Read More: Middle School Teacher, Teacher Arrested, Middle School, Middle School Teachers, New Jersey Schools, Invasion of Privacy, Child Endangerment, Home News

Patrick Lott, Bernardsville Middle School assistant principal, has been arrested for allegedly recording boys showering at Immaculata High School in S...

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Don't Be His 'Bed Cred'

Matt Titus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Sexting, Invasion of Privacy, Relationships, Ex Nude Pictures, Breach of Trust, Nude Pictures, Nude Pictures Ex, Breakups, Privacy, Sharing Nude Pictures, Leaking Nude Pictures, Style News
Matt Titus

You remember the exact moment. You were both hot and heavy and the camera was an arm's length away. He was a stud. But now, six months later, the dud has been flashing nude pictures of you for all his bro's to see.

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Rutgers Student Believed To Have Committed Suicide After Classmates Allegedly Recorded Him In Gay Sexual Encounter

The Huffington Post | Danielle Wiener-Bronner | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Rutgers Student Commits Suicide, Rutgers, The Northeast, Rutgers Freshman Commits Suicide, Rutgers News, Video, Rutgers Freshmen Arrested, Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei, Invasion of Privacy, College News, Dharun Ravi, Molly Wei, Northeast, Dharun Revi, Rutgers University, Molly Wei Rutgers, Rutgers Suicide, Rutgers Sex Tape, Rutgers Student Suicide, Tyler Clementi, College News

UPDATE 5:46 p.m. EST: The Clementi family's lawyer, Paul Minardi, has released a statement confirming that Tyler committed suicide: "Tyler was a fi...

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Is Social Networking Making Us Dumber?

Gregg Hurwitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Myspace, Invasion of Privacy, Social Networking, Crime Fiction, Twitter, They're Watching, Facebook, Technology News
Gregg Hurwitz

Is it a stretch to suggest that as people's capability for normal interaction atrophies, their judgment is weakened as well? Have we utterly forgotten our definition of privacy?

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The National Biometric ID Card: The Mark of the Beast?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Immigration Reform, Invasion of Privacy, Real-Id-Act, Biometric-Identification, National ID Cards, Surveillance, Lindsey Graham, RFID Tags, Privacy, Civil Rights, Charles Schumer, Surveillance State, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

When all is said and done, the adoption of a national biometric ID card serves one purpose only: to provide the government with the ultimate control over the American people.

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A Guide to the Laws of Selling Celebrity Sex Tapes: Why Kendra Must Have Consented

Jeremiah Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Radar, Vivid, Playboy, California, Money, Justin Frye, Sex Tape, Playmate, Scandal, Kendra Wilkinson, Sex, Invasion of Privacy, Injunction, Online, Celebrity, Vivid Entertainment, Entertainment News
Jeremiah Reynolds

Kendra has been widely quoted as supposedly being despondent over the release of the tape. But she had to consent to the release of the tape in order for a well-established company, like Vivid, to release it legally.

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Elin and Tiger: A Just Invasion of Privacy

Ruth Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: Sexting, Bill Clinton, Infidelity, Invasion of Privacy, New Jersey Wiretap Laws, Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren, Facebook Privacy, Ruth Fowler, White vs White, Spitzer Text Messages, Cheating, Privacy, David Letterman, Sports News
Ruth Fowler

There is a huge difference between the woman who snoops on her man because of her own insecurity, and the woman who snoops because she knows something is wrong.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Welcome, Big Brother: Ondi Timoner on We Live in Public

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: 1984, Fema, The Dandy Warhols, Film, Josh Harris, Exclusive, George Orwell, Facebook Privacy, Facebook, Privacy, New York, Movies, Web 2.0, Cookies, Ondi Timoner, Internet, Quiet: We Live in Public, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Interview, Invasion of Privacy, Soho, Documentary, Voyeurism, Big Brother, We Live in Public, Pseudo, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

In the documentary We Live in Public, director Ondi Timoner focuses on an experiment in which 100 people were shut into a Soho, NY basement with all the comforts of home, plus 24/7 surveillance.

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Bozeman, MT: Want a Job? Give Us Your Passwords

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Bozeman, Invasion of Privacy, Montana, Twitter, Firedoglake, Job Applicants, Employment, Social Networking Sites, Huffington Post, Facebook, Myspace, Privacy, Healthy Living News
Lisa Derrick

If you want a job working for this city, be prepared to hand over the log in and password info to all your social networking and blogging sites.

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Another Scary Government Program: the Government Gets to Seize Your Electronic Gear at the Border

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Illegal Search and Seizure, Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Intrusive Government, Privacy Invasions, Seizures, Invasions of Privacy, Invasion of Privacy, Electronic Data, Electronic Privacy, Privacy, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

There's no legal difference between looking through your backpack and seizing your electronic data in the US. This is the stuff of the Cold War Soviet Union, right? Or maybe a third world dictatorship?

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Canada: Google's Street View Violates Privacy

Reuters | David Ljunggren | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Google Maps, Invasion of Privacy, Canada, Business News

The Street View feature of Google Maps, with its close-up views of city streets and recognizable shots of people, could violate a Canadian law protect...

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