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Apple Slammed Over iPhone, iPad Location Tracking

SAN FRANCISCO -- Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from Apple Inc. about why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on users -- records that cellular service providers routinely keep but require a court order to disgorge. It's not clear if other smartphones and tablet computers are logging such...

Pandora Among Apps Under Investigation for Violating Privacy Laws [VIDEO]

Legislation Would Make Sharing TSA's Body Scan Images a Crime

Proposed new legislation would protect travelers who worry that images taken of them by airport scanners could end up on the Internet. An amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration re-authorization bill would make it a crime to share images taken by the Transportation Security Administration's full-body scanners,...

Hawaii Law Bars Release of Obama Birth Certificate

HONOLULU - A privacy law that shields birth certificates has prompted Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie to abandon efforts to dispel claims that President Barack Obama was born outside Hawaii, his office says. State Attorney General David Louie told the governor that privacy laws bar him from disclosing an individual's...

Hospital Treating Giffords Fires 3 for Alleged Privacy Breach

The Arizona hospital where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is recovering from Saturday's shooting rampage has sacked three members of its staff for allegedly accessing confidential medical records inappropriately. The records in question at University Medical Center in Tucson include some connected to the shooting, spokeswoman...

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ENGADGET

Facebook to put privacy changes to vote thanks to policy group, its own rules

A vote on Facebook privacy rules prompted by 45,000 comments plastered on its governance page is likely to trigger consequences -- maybe some not intended.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Don Tapscott: Living Out Loud -- Should We All Be More "Open?": Real Dangers of Thoughtless Sharing (Part 4 of 7)

The ubiquity of digital gadgets and sensors, the pervasiveness of networks and the benefits of sharing very personal information through social media have led some to argue that privacy as a social norm is changing and becoming an outmoded concept.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Living Out Loud -- Should We All Be More "Open?": To Share or Not to Share (Part 2 of 7)

TECHCRUNCH

Chain-Link Confidentiality: A HIPAA-Like Approach To Online Privacy

As we put more of our private information online and entrust it to web services, privacy breaches become almost inevitable.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Susan Landau: Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself

The House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a bill that purports to improve U.S. cybersecurity.

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06/03/12 Google was allowed to destroy data haul Source: Daily Mail - London - UK Britain's privacy watchdog spent less than three hours examining the private information stolen by Google's fleet of Street Cars, it emerged yesterday.
06/03/12 National Commission for Women Source: Cricket Premier The World News (WN) Network, has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to user privacy.
06/02/12 Facebook to put privacy changes to vote thanks to... Source: Engadget A vote on Facebook privacy rules prompted by 45,000 comments plastered on its governance page is likely to trigger consequences -- maybe some not intended.
06/02/12 Google's secret data collection violates privacy,... Source: The Bulletin - Bend OR After months of negotiation, Johannes Caspar, a German data protection official, forced Google to show him exactly what its Street View cars had been collecting from potentially millions of his fellow citizens.
06/01/12 Johan Santana Makes History for the New York Mets with... Source: Babes Love Baseball Babes Love Baseball knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy very seriously.

Background on privacy

Privacy (from "separated from the rest, deprived of something, esp. office, participation in the government", from privo "to deprive") is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively.

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