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Updated: 3 years 25 weeks ago
TSA Amasses Secret Database on Air Travelers
The Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration Agency (TSA) disclosed that it amassed a secret database of air travelers...
Categories: News on Digital Rights, Privacy
Credit Card Thieves Used Knowledge of Retail Computer Networks
It is estimated that 40 million credit card numbers might have been compromised by well coordinated attacks on large US...
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TSA Reports Loss of Registered Traveler Data
For a year, San Francisco air travelers have been offered the option of enrollment in the Clear Registered Traveler Program...
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Washington State Supreme Court Rules in Support of Privacy
Fifteen teachers accused of sexually abusing students, but cleared of suspicion, sued their school districts to block release of their...
Categories: News on Digital Rights, Privacy
AOL Sued for the Names of Bloggers Critical of Memphis Police Leadership
The city of Memphis, Tennessee sued AOL for the names of people contributing to the web blog MPD Enforcer 2.0....
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GMail Flaw Exposes Personal Information
Gmail privacy flaw reveals user name provided when the e-mail account was established. When Gmail users share Google Calendar items...
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Popular Color Printers May Enable Surveillance
Color printers are growing in popularity as the price declines. Most consumers do not know that when they print documents...
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EU Awards First Privacy Seal to Online Search Engine Ixquick.com
The first ever European Privacy Seal for ICT products or IT-based services was awarded to ixquick.com. The seal guarantees that...
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Senate Judiciary Committee Held a Hearing on Passport Privacy
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a State Department Inspector General report that investigated the abuse of access,...
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President Signs FISA Law, ACLU Files Law Suit
On July 10, 2008, the President signed the FISA reform bill into law. On the same day the ACLU filed...
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Senate Approves Telecom Immunity in FISA Overhaul
The Senate voted 69-28 to support changes in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. There were several attempts to remove language...
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Google Adds a Link to Its Privacy Policy
On the 30th Day following a letter by privacy advocates to Google about the missing link to its privacy policy...
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Judge Orders YouTube to Hand Over A List of All Users to Viacom
Judge Louis Stanton of the US District Court of New York ruled in Viacom's favor and against online privacy. Viacom...
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Senator Claims the FISA Compromise Looks the Other Way on Criminal Conduct
An editorial letter from Senator Russ Feingold expresses his opposition to a compromise bill on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...
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The First Six Months of 2008 Sees a 69% Increase in Data Breaches
Forty-two states now have data breach notification statutes enacted into law. Data breach notification makes it unlawful for government agencies...
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