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Right to Privacy

Florida Court Denies Teen Seeking Abortion

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 06.12.2013 | Politics
Spencer Aronfeld

The record in the case filed as In Re: Jane Doe reflects that the girl testified that she had no job, was unmarried, lived with her mother, and could not adequately provide for a child. In the case of Jane Doe, the Brevard County Court denied her petition.

Thanks, But No Thanks, Edward Snowden

Estelle Nagel | Posted 06.10.2013 | Technology
Estelle Nagel

The truth is that we are hypocritical about privacy. We sign up for sites where we can share too much publically, and then balk because someone might have seen it.

Entertainment Snafu: PATH Becomes an Intruder

Mark Weinstein | Posted 05.21.2013 | Technology
Mark Weinstein

The privacy revolution is real. True privacy is an inherent right of law-abiding citizens everywhere.

Boston and the Right to Privacy

Susan Landau | Posted 04.23.2013 | Technology
Susan Landau

In an attempt to use the power of online communities, people scrutinzed photos and videos of the marathon finish line to find the bombers. It seemed as if that might help, but events didn't quite work out that way.

Matt Sledge

Federal Judge Puts A Price On Privacy

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.04.2013 | Politics

NEW HAVEN -- Privacy has a price. For Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, it comes out to $2,400 a year. Kozinski, who...

Prioritize Your Rights

Walker Bragman | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Walker Bragman

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The Legal Battle Over Cell Phone Location Privacy

Larry Bodine | Posted 12.24.2012 | Crime
Larry Bodine

Did you know that every time you use your cell phone to check email, send a text or make a call, your cell phone relays your location to the cell phone company? And that the company keeps your data for months?

Why Must We Eat Our Young?

Catherine Clinch | Posted 10.10.2012 | Parents
Catherine Clinch

Children of divorce tell amazing stories. Not the expected accounts of dysfunctional parents and constant fighting, but stories of emotional survival.

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s Medical Records: A Slippery Slope

Lonna Saunders | Posted 09.17.2012 | Chicago
Lonna Saunders

No one should be forced to reveal medical information about themselves to get a job or keep a job unless it directly affects job safety.

BREAKING ECONOMIC NEWS: GOP to Sponsor Innovative Women's Program

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 07.25.2012 | Comedy
Soraya Chemaly

Anonymous sources think that the GOP is seriously considering officially adopting the Sponsor a Uterus program as part of their economic stimulus agenda.

A Privacy Right to Believe In

James B. Rule | Posted 06.10.2012 | Technology
James B. Rule

Unless you've spent the new millennium on another planet, you've noticed that details of your personal life are circulating more and more freely. The uses of these details often bring rude surprises.

How Mitt Romney Threatens Women's (and Men's) Legal Right to Birth Control and Privacy in the Bedroom

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 03.11.2012 | Politics
Miles Mogulescu

If the next president is a Republican who gets to replace the ailing Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a judicial conservative, the right to privacy could be a thing of the past and states could enact laws which would pass Constitutional muster restricting access to birth control.

Wait, Aren't Family Homes Off-Limits?

Jacoba Urist | Posted 12.12.2011 | New York
Jacoba Urist

Under all of Occupy Wall Street's signage, there's a fundamental truth we can't afford to ignore: the growing income gap in this country is a big problem for everybody. Yesterday, though, they crossed a line in the sand.

You Have No Rights

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 12.03.2011 | Politics
Howard Steven Friedman

We talk about rights to privacy regularly but few people can point to what exactly those rights are. More importantly, what guarantees those rights? What guarantees us that our rights will not be infringed upon? The answer is... nothing!

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Media Circus and the Roman Arena

Carlo Strenger | Posted 08.31.2011 | Media
Carlo Strenger

While the damage to Dominique Strauss-Kahn's life and career cannot be mended, he now stands to be publicly vindicated, and there is a good chance that, at least in France, his honor will be restored. Not all victims of the press's hunger for scandal are as lucky.

Fretting Over Internet Privacy? Relax, You Don't Have to Opt-In to Big Brother.

Val Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Val Brown

Ah, privacy. Is it a relic of the 20th century? Today's society seems rather conflicted on the topic. In the afternoon, we rail at marketers and the l...

Michael Roberts: One Man Against the Surveillance State

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
John W. Whitehead

Michael Roberts, a 35-year-old airline pilot, is pitting himself against the American surveillance state and putting everything on the line for freedom because of it.

Pope vs. Doctors: How New Vatican Orthodoxy Undermines Medical Ethics and Imperils Your Health

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jacob M. Appel

By challenging this longstanding system of benign neglect, bishops and zealots may believe they will achieve ideological purity. What they are actually doing is jeopardizing Catholic hospitals and public health.

"Don't Be Evil": How Larry Page and Sergey Brin Really Think and Should We Worry About Google's Dominance

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Anis Shivani

We shall see if Larry and Sergey's collective brain can keep up with the spontaneous evolution of the Internet.

Is Jim DeMint Right in More Ways Than One?

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bob Franken

Perhaps DeMint is correct when he says that Senators need to think a little bit longer before they decide whether to confirm Errol Southers as the best person to head the TSA.

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.

Era of Greater Internet Privacy At Hand

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Jamie Court

How hard is it really to put a simple "anonymize me" button on its search engine page to give users the choice of how to control their data?

Goat "Condoms" Save Kenyan Herds

BBC | Ruth Nesoba | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the "olor", to protect their precious goat herds from an ongoing drought. Th...

FISA: It's Time For Some Accountability

Kevin Powell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Kevin Powell

I cannot sit idly by and watch Congress cut backroom deals on warrantless wiretapping. I urge all Congresspeople of conscious to reject any bill that would grant big telephone companies immunity.

More FBI Privacy Violations Confirmed

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — The FBI acknowledged Wednesday it improperly accessed Americans' telephone records, credit reports and Internet traffic in 2006, th...