Privacy Protection

In Fight to Secure Cyberspace, Lawmakers Can't Forget Privacy

Eugene K. Chow | Posted 04.15.2012

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Eugene K. Chow

No matter how dire the threat, any cybersecurity bill must have stringent safeguards that govern how information is shared, how long it can be stored, and who gets to see it.

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Law Preventing Census Bureau From Sharing Information Costs Government Billions

AOL Government | By Wyatt Kash | Posted 11.14.2011

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One the nation's most authoritative sources for residential address data, the U.S. Census Bureau, may soon have to confront a costly legal constraint ...

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Amazon Tracks Most Highlighted Kindle Passages: Interesting Data Or Invasion Of Privacy?

Christian Science Monitor | Rebekah Denn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tracking bestselling books tells us about the reading habits, or at least buying habits, of the American public. But is there anything we can learn fr...

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Change.gov and Cluen: A Case Study in Privacy

Ari Herzog | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ari Herzog

I still hope transparency is possible in the government, but a curious investigation led me down a path to conclude that transparency is the tip of the iceberg and change.gov is not what it seems.

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Court Ruling: Google Must Reveal YouTube Viewing Logs

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Goo...

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