Judge Approves $20 Million Facebook Settlement Over "Sponsored Stories"
Users' pictures placed in advertisements without their permission
Privacy
U.S., Switzerland Agree To Share Banking Information
So find someplace else to hide your money from Uncle Sam
The Feds Want To Spy On Everything
Government snoops are interested in reading more than just your email.
FAA Will Conduct Privacy Tests With Drones
Don't get excited; they probably want to make sure they're sufficiently intrusive
Senate Panel Approves Email Warrant Bill
Would require judge to sign off on accessing people's private correspondence
China Clamps Down on VPNs
Virtual private networks have been a popular means of bypassing Internet controls
Privacy Advocates Want Driver Data Protected
Because DMVs are playing pretty fast and loose with your information
Left Behind By the Tampa Republican Convention: A Surveillance State
Can't let that high-tech spook gear go to waste
Google Ordered to Pay Millions For Violating Privacy
Must pay $22.5 million because of its use of cookies on the Safari browser
The Fine Print in the Government's Privacy Policy
How technology and misguided legal reasoning have made your life an open e-book
Court Blocks Suspension of Student over Tracking Chip Refusal
Didn't want to wear tag informing school of her whereabouts
Texas Student Refuses Tracking Tag, Battles School Officials
Andrea Hernandez objects on privacy, religious grounds
Police Surveillance Camera Focused on Woman's Bedroom Window
Authorities were settling a personal score with her father
The Petraeus Affair, the Police, and Your Privacy
Time to rein in invasive police email snooping.
Sen. Leahy's Office Says Warrantless Searches Won't Be in Tech Bill
Draft of bill circulating that would allow regulatory access to private electronic correspondence not under consideration
Bill Intended to Secure Email Privacy Now Does the Exact Opposite (Updated: Leahy Responds)
Sen. Patrick Leahy folds to the Justice Department
Bill Meant to Protect E-Mail Privacy Now Grants Government More Spying Powers
Law enforcement expressed concerns to bill sponsor Senator Patrick Leahy and it was rewritten
Judge Considering $22.5 Million Fine for Google
Over privacy violations connected to Safari browser
Don't Let Your Email Give You Away
General Petraeus wishes he'd followed this simple advice
Privacy Groups Seek Answers on Obama's Secret Cybersecurity Guidelines
Appears to enable military deployment within the United States
Shirtless FBI Agent Behind Petraeus Investigation Outed
Not as gay, though that would be yet another twist, wouldn't it?
FBI Abuse of Surveillance an Issue in Petraeus Scandal
Email spying doesn't appear to be tied to anything resembling an actual threat
Why Was the FBI Doing the Investigation that Led to the Petraeus Affair Anyway?
The Wall Street Journal notes a possibly inappropriately close relationship between the woman whose complaints of harassing emails began the investigation that led to Petraeus' career-ending affair and the FBI agent doing the investigating.
Petraeus Case Shows Ease of Government Email Spying
FBI routinely gains access to private accounts
Supreme Court to Hear DNA Privacy Case
Can police take samples of anybody arrested for a crime?
ACLU Suing to Block California Proposition 35
Proposition requires sex offenders to provide information on their Internet accounts to police
Kansas Upholds Ban on Sex Between Teacher, Adult Students
30-year-old choir teacher charged with relationship with 18-year-old
Supreme Court Takes on Drug-Sniffing Dogs
A cop with an accommodating canine can search whatever he wants.
Facebook Steps Up Efforts to Teach Privacy Tools
Helping people understand how to not show pictures of their drunken revelries to their bosses
Defenders Say Greek List Publisher Shouldn't Be Charged
Printed names of wealthy citizens holding Swiss bank accounts. Faces prison for violating privacy
CA Threatens App Developers With Privacy Law Prosecutions
Better make sure your small start-up operation complies with every obscure regulation
Parents Ticked That District Used Their Emails for Political Campaigning
What's a little spam to a captive audience?
SCOTUS Considers When Dogs Can Authorize Searches
Tomorrow the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear two Florida cases that cast doubt on the routine use of drug-sniffing dogs to generate probable cause for searches.
