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NEWS ABOUT: private data

private data stories: 4 news summaries

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

Google Agrees to Give Viacom Encrypted Data

YouTube visitor data will be 'anonymized' before release

Jul 15, 08 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a deal reached last night, Google has agreed to hand over YouTube user data Viacom had demanded in its copyright lawsuit, but only after replacing user names and IP addresses with unique substitutes to protect users’ privacy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move will allow Viacom and other... More »

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Viacom • YouTube • lawsuit • anonymous • encryption • copyright infringement • private data

Patients' Info Swiped Along With Laptop

Unencrypted data on 2,500 government study subjects missing

Mar 25, 08 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A government laptop loaded with personal medical info on thousands of patients just “fell through the cracks,” a top exec with an NIH subsidiary says. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute machine was stolen Feb. 23, apparently at random, from an employee’s car trunk. None of... More »

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identity theft • Government Accountability Office • laptop • computer security • encryption • medical records • National Institutes of Health • private data • breach of security • National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute

Web Inventor: Don't Track
Me, Bro

Internet creator decries spyware: 'You can't have' my data

Mar 17, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - He may have created a web that's worldwide, but Internet founder Tim Berners-Lee is very proprietary when it comes to tracking programs, such as Phorm, that allow ISPs to monitor their customers. Berners-Lee says he’d drop any company caught mining his data. “It’s mine—you can’t... More »

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Internet • online privacy • ISP • Internet service providers • Internet advertising • Web tracking • Tim Berners-Lee • Phorm • private data

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