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NEWS ABOUT: personal privacy

personal privacy stories: 11 news summaries

Facebook Beefs Up Privacy Protection

Canadian concerns prompt changes in
how apps get info

Aug 27, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - In response to criticism by the Canadian government, Facebook is enacting far-reaching changes in how third-party applications gain access to personal data, TechCrunch reports. Currently, Facebook applications ask users once, upon installation, for approval to access personal information. Under the new rules, the apps will have to ask repeatedly as... More »

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social networking • Canada • privacy • Facebook • online privacy • personal privacy • Internet privacy • social media

 Google Will Censor 
 Street View 
 in Germany 

People's personal data will be blocked by request

Jun 17, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google has bowed to German privacy concerns and will censor its Street View program to block out faces, house numbers, and license plates of people opting out of the service. The company’s panoramic mapping service has faced opposition as it expands worldwide, the AP reports. When it launches in... More »

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Google • Internet • Germany • Street View • personal privacy

Google Removes Naked Kids From London Street View

Toddlers identifiable in controversial Street View map feature

Mar 22, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - As mounting privacy concerns hit Google's new Street View service in the UK, the company has removed pictures of naked children playing outdoors in London. The British government is considering launching an investigation if officials determine that Google has made other images of naked children available to internet users, reports... More »

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Google • Internet • privacy • Street View • child pornography • personal privacy • invasion of privacy

(Newser) - A European human-rights court has ruled that Britain has gotten a little too Big Brotherish in its effort to build a DNA database of its citizens. The court ruled that the UK has no right to keep DNA evidence from criminal suspects who are later cleared, the Guardian reports. The... More »

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Big Brother • DNA database • Britain • personal privacy

Brits Say Errant Flash Drive Jeopardized Data of 12M

Gov't system shut after find in parking garage

Nov 2, 08 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - UK ministers shut down a government computer system after a memory stick containing sensitive personal data was found in a parking garage, reports the Daily Mail. The government insists the system hasn’t been breached, but an expert says the blunder jeopardizes the security of 12 million people. “The... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • hacker • insurance • computer security • personal privacy • flash memory • private data

 Hey Dummy, 
 Think Before 
 You Post 
 That Pic 

From work dodging firemen to jail happy juniors, some things should not be shared

Sep 18, 08 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A picture may have been worth a thousand words before Facebook and YouTube came along, but in the Internet age the price can be much steeper for going public with one’s—er—privates. PC World presents 12 online photos that cost their owners dearly:
  • “A defense attorney’
... More »

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Facebook • online privacy • personal privacy • stupidity • photo sharing

Comically Simple Ploy Pays Big for Kansas Candidate

Cartoon brings flood of donation, but Dem's bid for state legislature hardly done deal

Jul 28, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cash-strapped candidate for the Kansas legislature has turned around his fortunes in the flash of a few thousand mouse-clicks: Before circulating sassy online cartoon strips, Sean Tevis had $1,525 in his campaign coffers; in less than two weeks, he’s raised nearly $100,000 more. The episode is... More »

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social networking • Internet • Kansas • campaign fundraising • social conservatives • personal privacy • comic strips • Sean Tevis

 US and Europe 
 to Share 
 Private Data 

Security efforts to be eased by agreement

Jun 28, 08 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US and the European Union will soon allow security agencies to swap private information, including credit card purchases, travel histories and web surfing. The potential agreement is a breakthrough in a standoff between American counterterrorism officials and their trans-Atlantic counterparts, whose countries tend to have more stringent privacy laws.... More »

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terrorism • European Union • privacy • counterterrorism • personal privacy

Writing About Your Kids?
Set Some Limits

Some have age limits, others won't address certain topics

Jun 8, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Writers can throw themselves head-first into the nasty, permanent archive that is the Internet—but what of their kids? Emily Bazelon polled writers for Slate and found that while details may differ, the general policy is, the more privacy the better. "The blog medium has a certain kind of... More »

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ethics • online privacy • children • journalism • personal privacy • journalistic ethics

 Google Pushes 
 Privacy Reforms 

Firm hopes to allay concerns about its DoubleClick buy

Mar 27, 08 5:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google is working to ease concerns about privacy infringement in online advertising, ComputerWorld reports. The online giant hosted a meeting for the Consumer Privacy Legislative Forum, a group working to get a bill protecting online consumers’ information passed in Congress. Google will also file comments concerning the FTC’s proposed... More »

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Google • online advertising • online privacy • DoubleClick • FTC • online ads • personal privacy

GE Money Loses Data on 650,000 Credit Card Holders

Missing customer info raises data breach fears

Jan 18, 08 4:29 AM CST
(Newser) - GE Money has lost a computer tape with the personal information of up to 650,000 customers of JC Penney and other retailers, reports the AP. The tape went missing in the warehouse of a data storage company. There's "no indication of theft" and none of the data has... More »

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JCPenney • General Electric • credit card • data • data storage • personal privacy

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