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The Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement: It's About the Big Picture

AndrƔs Simonyi | Posted 05.21.2013 | World
AndrƔs Simonyi

There is a strong case for keeping the free trade agreement on the front burner in the media including social media, not to treat it as news in that fast paced news cycle. In the end it's about the big picture, not about the small print.

Google's Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics
Robert Scheer

Dictators, mired in more technologically primitive societies, didn't develop the fearsome new implements of control of the National Security State. Google and other leaders in this field of massively mined and shared information did.

House Cybersecurity Bill Threatens Privacy and Civil Liberties

Ginny Sloan | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Ginny Sloan

Both the administration and members of Congress have stated that the goal is to provide government and the private sector with robust tools to fight cybersecurity threats while still protecting individuals' civil liberties and privacy rights. But their bill fails the test.

"The Drones Are Coming - Page II"

Dorian de Wind | Posted 04.21.2013 | Politics
Dorian de Wind

"Mr. Speaker, the domestic use of drones is on the way. There will be more eyes in the sky looking over America." With those words, last week, Repres...

Policies to Protect Our Data Privacy Must Be Thorough and Consistent

Rey Ramsey | Posted 03.31.2013 | Politics
Rey Ramsey

A single email may be subject to different legal standards depending on whether it is in transit, in storage, how long it is in storage, or whether it has been opened.

The Royal Peep Show

Suzanne Ely | Posted 11.20.2012 | Media
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.

Mag Publishes Photos Of Kate Middleton Topless

Posted 11.14.2012 | Style

French tabloid Closer magazine published a series of photos of Kate Middleton sunbathing topless on Friday, sending shockwaves around the world and pr...

Airline Will Google Passengers Before They Check In

Posted 07.06.2012 | Travel

British Airways will soon be literally watching out for its most important customers. The airline says its new "Know Me" program involves a thoroug...

Big Brother May Be Your Employer, Not Just Your Government

Brett Greene | Posted 05.09.2012 | Denver
Brett Greene

How much ongoing access to your personal information, including your online login information, do you want your employer to have?

How to Fund an American Police State

Stephan Salisbury | Posted 05.05.2012 | Politics
Stephan Salisbury

The chances of an American dying in a terrorist incident in a given year are 1 in 3.5 million. To reduce that risk, to make something minuscule even more minuscule, what has the nation spent? What has it cost us?

Threat to Online Privacy Starts With the Way the Internet Makes Money

Edward Wasserman | Posted 04.29.2012 | Technology
Edward Wasserman

Any reforms that halt the harvest of personal information that is most nettlesome on privacy grounds would be fundamentally incompatible with the Internet's essential business model.

Student Privacy in Peril: Massive Data Gathering With Inadequate Privacy and Security

Daniel J. Solove | Posted 12.19.2011 | Home
Daniel J. Solove

One thing is for certain: the Department of Education's mishandling of personal student financial data in this latest data breach proves that we should be wary of how the Department will utilize this type of data in the future.

Mike Sacks

Justices Not Moved By HIV-Positive Pilot's Distress

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 11.30.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A majority of the Supreme Court appeared unlikely Wednesday morning to help a California man who claims he suffered severe mental and em...

Mike Sacks

WATCH: Justices To Weigh Status Of Jerusalem, GPS Tracking

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.04.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Next week, the Supreme Court will hear two of the most significant cases slated for oral argument this side of the New Year. Monday...

Privacy Revisited

Larry Flynt | Posted 10.16.2011 | Technology
Larry Flynt

For the average American citizen, the notion of privacy is extinct. Any information you put out into cyberspace could come back to bite you. Be alert: Big Brother is watching you.

New FBI Rules Test Boundaries Of Privacy

AP | By PETE YOST | Posted 08.13.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The FBI is preparing new investigative guidelines for its agents that civil libertarians say would make it easier for agents to search c...

Invasion of the Body Scanners: More Tales of Terror from the Unfriendly Skies

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
John W. Whitehead

The outrageous invasion of our privacy rights that is the whole-body scanner (and its equally outrageous counterpart, the full-body pat down) was hurr...

Supreme Court To Decide Whether Corporations, Like Individuals, Have Privacy Rights

The Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case early next year that will impact whether corporations are able to prevent the government from publicly rel...

SCOTUS: US Politics No Place for Sissies

Gadi Ben-Yehuda | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Gadi Ben-Yehuda

If our political activity is known to our neighbors, future employers, and every random crazy with internet access, are we setting ourselves up for a more constrained political culture?

Is Your Email Private?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Chris Weigant

Is your email private? You may think it is, but you may also be surprised how easy it is for law enforcement to access it without a warrant.

Suing Facebook

Peter Wasylyk | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Peter Wasylyk

On May 21, my law office filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island over privacy concerns relating to "Instant Personalization."

Medill's Protess On Subpoena: 'No Circumstances Under Which I Will Reveal My Students Grades'

The Daily Northwestern | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

In October, the Illinois state's attorney's office sparked controversy when it subpoenaed materials, documents and e-mails regarding the Anthony McKin...

Nursing Home Sex: You've Gotta Fight for Your Rights

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

Demand that you or your loved one be given the right to maintain sexual independence, stressing that it's not inappropriate or offensive for people to be sexually active in their later years.

Will Facebook's Experiment with Democracy Spread?

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Jamie Court

Facebook's new Populism 2.0 approach may be more appearance than substance.

Google Wants To Get Rid Of Watchdogs, No Apologies

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Jamie Court

You would think Google executives have better things to do than go after the funding of a small consumer group like ours. Shame on Google for trying to get rid of the Davids.