Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
Suit Charges that Police Searches of Cellphones at Arrest Without a Warrant Violate Constitutional Rights of Arrestees, and their Friends, Family, and Colleagues March 20, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666;
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Thursday, January 31st, 2013
The San Jose Mercury News reports on a new survey from the Ponemon Institute ["2012 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy" (pdf)] about consumer concerns about the privacy of their personal data and which U.S. companies are trusted to protect customer data: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), eBay (EBAY) and Intuit (INTU) rank among ...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
To recap: In the last year, there has been increasing focus on the practice by some employers of requiring job applicants to hand over their passwords or allow access to their private accounts on social-networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace or Google+ in order to gather personal data when the social-networking profiles are closed ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2012
How to Keep Your Credit Card Safe Online Using your credit card to buy something online has become an almost daily habit for most people, and it’s especially popular around the holidays. Even so, there are many people who are still uncomfortable with submitting their credit card information online. ...
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Thursday, November 8th, 2012
USA Today reports that thieves are using new tools to go after your debit cards: SEATTLE — Using brash ingenuity, criminals out to steal your personal data are tampering with the checkout machines in department stores, supermarkets, gas stations and even your doctors’ office. Their prime target: your debit card account ...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
LifeLock, a company that promises to protect consumers from identity theft for $25, debuted on the public markets Wednesday, just two and a half years after the nation’s top consumer protection authorities fined the company $12 million for making false claims to Americans. The IPO didn’t go very well, ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2012
Last week, All Things D reported that in its latest test version of its Web browser, Chrome, Google has added Do Not Track support. For more than a year, Apple’s Safari, Mozilla’s Firefox and Microsoft’s Explorer browsers all have had Do Not Track features to give consumers more control over the personal data that is gathered ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
PCWorld reports on five ways in which your online privacy could be invaded: These days, you need a healthy dose of naiveté to think that your personal data isn’t routinely bought, sold or tracked online. Tracking cookies are the norm on popular websites, and tech giants such as Google and Facebook have a reputation for mishandling and/or overcollecting ...
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Friday, June 15th, 2012
Computerworld reports on a security breach concerning the personal data of students and employees in a Tennessee school system: A hitherto unknown hacking group claimed responsibility for a hacking attack on a county school system in Tennessee that may have exposed the names, Social Security numbers and other personal data ...
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Thursday, June 14th, 2012
USA Today reports on keystroke analysis, a way to protect the privacy of your personal data: AMES, Iowa – The way you type on your computer’s keyboard is as unique as your handwriting, and may even be a matter of national security, an Iowa State University engineering professor says. The ...
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Monday, May 14th, 2012
PC World reports on a court case in New York concerning telecommunications provider Verizon and a book publisher. The publisher is seeking the personal data of 10 of Verizon’s customers, and the company is refusing. PC World reports: Verizon is fighting a move by a book publisher to obtain personal ...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
In the last couple of months, there has been increasing focus on the practice by some employers of requiring job applicants to hand over their passwords or allow access to their private accounts on social-networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace or Google+ in order to gather personal data when the social-networking profiles are closed ...
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