Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: invasion of privacy

invasion of privacy stories: 20 news summaries
BIG BROTHER

Cops Use Facebook to Bust Underage Drinkers

Phony 'friend' gains access to drinking photos

Nov 19, 09 6:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Wisconsin college student Adam Bauer should represent a cautionary tale for Facebook users under 21, or otherwise on the wrong side of the law: be careful what you post, and whom you friend. Shortly after accepting a request from an unfamiliar, “good-looking girl,” Bauer was invited to the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
social networking • law enforcement • Facebook • sexual predator • underage drinking • invasion of privacy • University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Privacy Advocates Hijack
300 Facebook Groups

Protesters say it's too easy to gain access to personal information

Nov 10, 09 3:29 PM CST
(Newser) - A group advocating for social-networking privacy has hijacked nearly 300 Facebook groups over the past few days to point out weaknesses in the site’s control of personal information. The protesters renamed all the Facebook groups “Control Your Info,” pointing out that after administrators of groups step down,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Facebook • online privacy • invasion of privacy • Internet privacy

(AP) - ESPN reporter Erin Andrews tells Oprah Winfrey that having secretly videotaped nude footage of her distributed on the Internet was a "nightmare." In an interview taped last week and scheduled to air Sept. 11 on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Andrews also tells Winfrey she "opened up... More »

MORE ABOUT:
ESPN • Oprah Winfrey • video • invasion of privacy • Erin Andrews • nude video • peeping tom

(Newser) - Privacy groups are up in arms over a White House proposal to allow tracking technology to be used on government websites, the Washington Post reports. Supporters argue that social networking sites have used cookies and other tracking tools to spectacular effect, but the ACLU says the proposal is a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Google • online privacy • government spying • invasion of privacy • web cookies • Internet privacy • Obama administration • Jay-ZTV

ANALYSIS

Facebook Crosses Line
on Privacy ... Again

Recognize that face in an ad? It could be your friend—or you.

Jul 28, 09 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Imagine Peter Smith’s surprise when an ad for “hot singles” on Facebook featured a picture of … his wife. The site blames that flap on a third-party company violating policy, but the incident underscores Facebook’s notoriously unclear privacy settings, writes Bob Sullivan for MSNBC: “A hard-to-spot... More »

MORE ABOUT:
privacy • Facebook • online privacy • privacy settings • advertisements • advertisers • invasion of privacy • Internet privacy

 Post to ESPN: 
 Vid Scandal 
 Is Your Fault 

Paper, angry at being banned by network, plays the blame game

Jul 23, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - ESPN may have banned New York Post staffers from its airwaves after the paper printed images from the Erin Andrews nude video, but the Post shot back today, blaming ESPN itself for the video coming to light. It had gone basically unnoticed since February, but that changed when ESPN demanded... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Internet • ESPN • crime • nudity • New York Post • video • nude photo • invasion of privacy • nude • naked • Erin Andrews

OPINION

 'Smut-Merchant' 
 O'Reilly Plays 
 Naked ESPN Vid 

All the while complaining about the 'ultra-disturbing' nature of the whole thing

Jul 23, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly is building himself a reputation, at least in the Gawker offices, for self-righteously discussing “softcore porn on YouTube or underage strippers or whatever” while simultaneously running the “salacious clips” as he bemoans “the gross injustice.” It’s not surprising, then, that “the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • Internet • ESPN • crime • Bill O'Reilly • nudity • New York Post • video • Fox News • hotel • invasion of privacy • nude • naked • Erin Andrews

(Newser) - ESPN has declared every New York Post reporter persona non grata on its programming in retaliation for the paper's printing photos taken from a nude video of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, Newsday reports. The move will affect several Post reporters who regularly appear on ESPN TV and its radio outlet.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
ESPN • nudity • New York Post • video • invasion of privacy • Erin Andrews • ESPN scandal

 Naked ESPN Vid 
 May Have Been 
 Inside Job 

Network launches investigation to identify peeper

Jul 22, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nude video of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews—which hackers started using to spread viruses—was likely an inside job, a source tells Radar. ESPN employees are often booked at Hilton hotels when traveling for work, but the hotels Andrews was videotaped in have not been identified. ESPN is “freaking... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Internet • ESPN • crime • nudity • video • hotel • invasion of privacy • naked • Erin Andrews • ESPN scandal

Video of Naked ESPN Reporter Inspires Hackers

In victory for karma, download attempts unleash virus

Jul 20, 09 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Peephole video of an ESPN reporter naked in a hotel room is lighting up the sports blogosphere—and not just because Erin Andrews is the star of many a basement-dwelling mama's boy's fantasy. Some attempts to download illicit footage have led to the spread of a computer virus. "Hackers... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Internet • ESPN • crime • hacker • video • hotel • hackers • invasion of privacy • Erin Andrews • ESPN scandal

(Newser) - The hospital where octuplet mom Nadya Suleman birthed her brood has fired 15 of its employees and disciplined another eight for unauthorized peeking at Suleman’s medical records, the Los Angeles Times reports. The breech, discovered 10 days ago, has been reported to state authorities and to Suleman. The snoopers... More »

MORE ABOUT:
privacy • medical records • invasion of privacy • Kaiser Permanente • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

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 »

MORE ABOUT:
Google • Internet • privacy • Street View • child pornography • personal privacy • invasion of privacy


 Joe the Plumber Sues 
 Over Privacy Violations 

Snooping part of pattern of hostility, claims Wurzelbacher

Mar 6, 09 9:12 AM CST
(Newser) - “Joe the Plumber” is suing former Ohio officials for violating his privacy, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Employees of the state’s family services department (since resigned) checked Samuel Wurzelbacher for unpaid child support obligations, after Sen. John McCain elevated him to prominence. “You shouldn't have to regret... More »

MORE ABOUT:
lawsuit • Bill Maher • invasion of privacy • Joe the Plumber

Madonna Wants $7.5M From UK Paper Over Wedding Pics

Mail on Sunday admits it broke privacy, copyright law, but calls sum 'fantasy'

Dec 8, 08 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Madonna wants $7.5 million in damages from a British newspaper that admitted to violating copyright and privacy laws in publishing photos from her wedding to Guy Ritchie, the Guardian reports today. Her lawyer says the photos were stolen, and the damages reflect their worth. “Their true commercial value... More »

MORE ABOUT:
newspaper • lawsuit • photograph • Britain • Madonna • celebrity divorces • invasion of privacy • Guy Ritchie • Mail on Sunday

 Mosley Wins Privacy Suit over 'Nazi' S&M Orgy

Formula 1 boss wins $120,000 in damages against tabloid

Jul 24, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Max Mosley has won his lawsuit against a British tabloid for exposing a sadomasochistic orgy he took part in and falsely claiming it had Nazi overtones, reports the Guardian. In a landmark decision, the head of world motorsport was awarded $120,000 in damages—thought to be a record in... More »

MORE ABOUT:
United Kingdom • privacy • Formula One • News of the World • News Corp • sado-masochism • Max Mosley • FIA • invasion of privacy

Woman Sues Spitzer Call Girl in ID Theft

Dupre 'showed driver's license closeup to get on Girls Gone Wild'

Jul 18, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New Jersey woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Ashley Dupre—better known as Eliot Spitzer's high-priced call girl—and Girls Gone Wild for defamation and invasion of privacy for Dupre's use of the woman's lost driver's license on the raunchy program. More »

MORE ABOUT:
Girls Gone Wild • lawsuit • identity card • defamation • driver's license • political scandal • Ashley Dupre • invasion of privacy

YouTube Divorcee Hubby Goes to Court

NY Theater mogul 'mortified' to see 'whole life' on Web

Jun 28, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I felt absolutely awful, I was humiliated, I was embarrassed, I was hurt," the husband of YouTube sensation Patricia Walsh-Smith said yesterday in a New York divorce court. "I felt violated in every sense of the word." Philip Smith was telling his side of the story—... More »

MORE ABOUT:
YouTube • divorce • online privacy • sex • rich • invasion of privacy

Ex-Army Doc to Get $5.8M in Anthrax Case

Feds settle with Hatfill, once named 'person of interest' in attacks

Jun 27, 08 7:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department will pay nearly $6 million to an ex-Army scientist for naming him in an anthrax probe 7 years ago, the AP reports. The feds settled out of court today for calling Steven Hatfill a "person of interest" in the still-unsolved case, but continued to "deny... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Department of Justice • September 11 • reporter • settlement • anthrax • invasion of privacy • Steven Hatfill

 Man Nabbed for Shooting
 3,000 Rear Views 

He took 3,000 pictures of women's behinds in Venice

May 13, 08 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Venice man could be facing time behind bars after being caught sneakily snapping photos of women's bottoms—3,000 of them, the BBC reports. Cops busted the suspect after noticing him carrying a bulky bag and following women in short skirts, waiting for them to bend over. The rear-guard... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Italy • photograph • Venice • invasion of privacy

Couple Seeks $25K Over Google's 'Street View'

Privacy-seeking couple claims 'mental suffering' after home appears online

Apr 4, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google gave in to the Defense Department, but can it fight a couple in Pittsburgh? Aaron and Christine Boring are seeking more than $25,000 for invasion of privacy by Google's “Street View” feature, the Smoking Gun reports. The couple says that a “major component of their purchase... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Google • Internet • Street View • Department of Defense • Google Maps • search engine • Pittsburgh • homeowners • invasion of privacy

20 Stories


from our news partners