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TV Everywhere! Or Big Brother: The Beta Version

Eric Lurio | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pay-Tv, Digital TV, Digital Media, Tv, Uhf, Privacy, Big Brother, Cel Phones, Entertainment News
Eric Lurio

A few days ago, I was at DigitalWire's conference on the "Future of Television" and what I heard chilled me to the bone. The right to privacy is goin...

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Google: Swiss Privacy Watchdog To Sue Google Street View

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology

Read More: Google Swiss Lawsuit, Google, Google Privacy, Google Privacy Issues, Google Privacy Concerns, Google Streetview, Privacy, Google Sued Swiss, Google Street View, Google News, Google .Com, www.google.com, Sue Google Street View, Street View Google Sued, Technology News

GENEVA — Google Inc.'s unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object – Switzerland's strict tradition...

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Celebrity Spotting at Spinning in Los Angeles

Lisa Guest | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Exhibition, Fame, Freedom, Inhibition, Paparazzi, Exercise, People Watching, Balance, Celebrity, Spinning, Class, Privacy, Living News
Lisa Guest

When Ms. Celebrity entered the mirrored room, I was stunned. It's only because she's been famous her whole life that most people would recognize her.

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EU Has its Finger on the Internet Privacy Button

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: European Union, Online Advertising, Clickz, Privacy, Internet Advertising, Phorm, Technology News
Jarvis Coffin

The European Union is dangling the online advertising industry outside a window and threatening to drop it on its head over the issue of privacy.

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A Patriot's PATRIOT Act

Rep. John Conyers | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Patriot Act, John Conyers, Bobby Scott, Jerry Nadler, Supreme Court, Privacy, Politics News
Rep. John Conyers

Good intentions are not enough to preserve our liberty, and the current PATRIOT Act simply grants too much unchecked authority to our government.

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Conservatives for Privacy, Where is the Left?

J. Bradley Jansen | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bradley Jansen, Liberty and Privacy Network, First Amendment, Paul Weyrich, Ronald Reagan, Center for Financial Privacy and Human Rights, Guidelines, Fbi, Obama, Free Congress, Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Politics News
J. Bradley Jansen

The best way to keep us safe and free is eternal vigilance--no matter which party is in office. So, let's hold our friends on the left accountable when it's needed.

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Red Pandas At Chicago Zoo Receive Donations To Get It On

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.21.2009 | Impact

Read More: Red Panda, Donate, Privacy, Sex, Wishlist, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Impact News

The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago posted an online wishlist recently to get a few extra perks for the their park's animals. Now, one item has caught loc...

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Living In the Real World

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Ad Networks, Wall Street Journal, Online Advertising, Advertising, Privacy, Internet Advertising, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

Advertising must live in the real world. Occasionally, that means dealing with the abuses of the unscrupulous. At some point, it also has to mean dealing with reality.

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Google Books Is Not a Library

Pamela Samuelson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Antitrust, Google, Media, Copyright, Privacy, Books, Media News
Pamela Samuelson

Unlike the Alexandria library or modern public libraries, the Google Book Search (GBS) initiative is a commercial venture that aims to monetize millions of out-of-print books.

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Remember Privacy?

Tamar Abrams | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: MacKenzie Phillips, Entertainment Tonight, Oprah Winfrey, Twitter, Kathy Griffin, David Letterman Extortion, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Jon and Kate, Skype, Facebook, Technology, Privacy, David Letterman, Media News
Tamar Abrams

It's one thing to voluntarily relinquish all pretense to one's one privacy, but totally different to spill the most intimate details of the lives of others, particularly if they aren't around to defend themselves.

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Privacy vs. Power in Gov 2.0

Gadi Ben-Yehuda | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Gov 2.0, Privacy, Web 2.0, Health Care, Information Technology, Media News, Government and the Web, Media News
Gadi Ben-Yehuda

One of the goals of Gov 2.0 is to increase citizens' power over their own lives by participating in their own governing.

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8 Ways to Prevent Business Social Media Identity Theft

Robert Siciliano | Posted 10.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Social Media, Computer Hackers, Identity Theft, Twitter, Internet Security, Facebook, Social Media Networks, Privacy, Technology News
Robert Siciliano

Social media is still in its infancy and its security has been an issue since its inception. Users are tricked into clicking links. Viruses enter the network when employees simply visit an infected page.

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What's Privacy in the Age of Facebook?

Marc Rotenberg | Posted 11.24.2009 | Technology

Read More: Facebook, Online Privacy, Facebook Privacy, Twitter, Privacy, Technology News
Marc Rotenberg

The new terms of service at Twitter are all about modern-day privacy, digital identity, the control of personal information, and the brewing battle between what we post and its commercial value.

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New iPod Banned In MN Gym

mashable.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: New iPod Nano, Gym, Privacy, Technology News

The new iPod Nano is also one of the world's smallest video cameras. We think it could be a game changer. As it turns out, it could also create a new ...

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Facebook Blues and the Death of Privacy

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Narcissism, Facebook Privacy, Online-Affairs, Big Brother, Privacy, Living News
Wael Nawara

People just put their real names and photos online and stepped into the global village, where anyone can know everything about anyone else.

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A "Personal" Invitation from Newt Gingrich

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: General Industry, Newt Gingrich, Online Advertising, Behavioral Targeting, Internet Advertising, Privacy, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

A fax sent by Newt Gingrich is unsolicited -- and possibly unlawful.

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Obama Gets Failing Grades From Privacy Advocates

Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Online Medical Records, President Obama, Electronic Surveillance, Privacy, Online-Marketing, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

President Obama earns poor to failing grades from privacy advocates who claim that his administration is neglecting privacy and civil-liberties issue...

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From Facebook To Casebook... Privacy Violations Spark Legal Action

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Social Networking, Data Mining, David Boies, Facebook, Brazil, Microsoft Passport, Canada, Privacy, Barack Obama, Digital Sky, Paywall, Online Advertising, Marketing, E-Commerce, Conectu, Socal Media, Quinn Emanuel, Bill Gates, Busines Intelligence, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Canadian privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart is prosecuting Facebook for giving members confusing and misleading information in its end user agreement.

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My Divorce is None of Your Business

Fred Silberberg | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law, Confidentiality, Divorce, Courts, Domestic Partnerships, Gossip, Family Law, Divorce Court, Judicial Oversight, Media, Privacy, Celebrities, Politics News
Fred Silberberg

If I get divorced in New York, the documents pertaining to my divorce remain confidential. If I get divorced in California, the documents pertaining to my divorce become a matter of public record.

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No Blacklisters Please: Decency in P3 Contracting

Michael Likosky | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dulles Airport Expansion, Dorchester Tunnel, Balfour Beatty, United Kingdom Informaiton Commissioner, Public-Private Partnerships, Connecticut, Texas, p3, North Antelope Rochelle Mine, Chicago Parking Meters, California, Public Works, Highway 130, Virginia, City of Norwalk Parking Authority, Economic League, Blacklisting, Wyoming, LAZ Parking, Metro Goldline, Alfred Cunningham Bridge, Privacy, Massachusetts, Alameda Corridor, North Carolina, Illinois, Vinci, Politics News
Michael Likosky

The United Kingdom Information Commissioner recently named Balfour Beatty and LAZ Parking Company's parent, Vinci, as having funded a secret 15-year long blacklisting operation.

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Full Disclosure: Have Mommy Bloggers Gone Too Far?

Wendy Sachs | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Julie Myerson, Memoirs, Mommy Bloggers, Children, Privacy, Taboos, Internet, The Lost Child, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Living News
Wendy Sachs

Am I breaching the natural maternal pact with my young children when I use them as the backdrop in writing about my own experience in motherhood?

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

Dan Persons | Posted 10.18.2009 | 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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Debunking the Half-Baked "Cookie Conspiracy"

Leslie Harris | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Security, Cdt, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Office of Management and Budget, Websites, Obama Administration, Privacy, HTTP Cookie, Government, Center for Democracy and Technology, Technology, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The White House Office of Management and Budget is retooling the current federal policy that governs how federal agencies are allowed to place "cookies" on citizens' computers to track their visits to agency web sites.

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White House Wants to Invade Your Privacy?

Robert Siciliano | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Government, Politics, Fox News, Privacy, Identity Theft, Cookies, Web Privacy, Media News
Robert Siciliano

Fox News reports The Office of Management and Budget is considering reversing a nine-year ban on using "cookies" to track users' preferences and interests on federal Web sites.

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The Geopolitics of Facebook

John Feffer | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Iran, Ringtones, Facebook, Privacy, Global Community, Twitter, Globalization, Technology, The Green Revolution, Media News
John Feffer

The world is a-twitter over the revolutionary implications of new technologies that young people almost instinctively understand and older people just don't get.

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