Privacy
Holder Gave Feds Authorization to Keep Dossiers on Citizens
Even if they were not suspected of any crimes
Microsoft Not Budging on "No Tracking" Default Internet Explorer Settings
Web advertisers would prefer it be easier to follow users online
Protester Whose Tweets Were Subpoenaed Pleads Guilty
Plans to appeal ruling that forced social media postings to be handed over
Facebook Simplifying Privacy Settings
In a move to streamline, settings that "didn't mean much," like whether your profile can be found through a search, will be removed
Government Mandate for Car Black Boxes Puts Privacy at Risk
No standards are yet in place limiting official access to data
California Sues Airline over Mobile App
Doesn't have privacy notice in a place the state wants it to be. Also: the state needs money.
"Revenge Porn" Site Sued for Privacy Invasions
Accused of posting private naked photos of women taken without their permission
Verizon Patents TV Box That Watches and Listens to Viewers
The better to target advertising
Judge Approves $20 Million Facebook Settlement Over "Sponsored Stories"
Users' pictures placed in advertisements without their permission
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
