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In Discussion About Internet Privacy, It Comes Down To Expectation Versus Reality
February 25, 2013 Google is pushing Congress to require a warrant for a law enforcement agency to read a person's email. Once Americans understand how their government attains information they'll demand action Google said.
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Google Settles Over Safari Privacy Breach; Will Pay Record $22.5M Fine
August 9, 2012 The FTC came down on the company for putting "cookies" on computers after it told Safari users that wouldn't be done.
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
What, Me Worry? The Privacy Question
June 22, 2012 Why do Americans do so little to ensure the privacy of their communications? Is this a new kind of liberation? Or the symptom of a real psychic, as well as political, breakdown?
All Tech Considered
How To Adjust Your Privacy Settings, Before Google's Big Shift
February 29, 2012 Not everyone who relies on Google's products is concerned about pending privacy changes. Some don't care; others don't know the change is looming. But for those who are concerned, the idea that Feb. 29 is their last chance to change these settings seems to have lit the fire of urgency.
Shots - Health News
Facebook Aims To Prevent Suicides With Online Help
December 13, 2011 Facebook says it will connect people who post items about suicidal thoughts with crisis counselors via its chat service. But the intervention comes with privacy questions. Any information posted on Facebook is public information, and can be used by marketers or anyone else.
The Two-Way
Facebook Will Reportedly Shift Privacy Policy To 'Opt In' — Not 'Opt Out'
November 10, 2011 Facebook is reportedly moving toward changing its privacy policy, abandoning an "opt-out" approach for one in which its members would have to "opt in" to allow strangers to see personal information stored on their profile pages.
The Two-Way
State Agency Reviews Policy On Facebook Prying
February 23, 2011 If you were at a job interview, and the interviewer requested access to your Facebook account, what would you do? It's well-known that many employers check up on applicants' online lives when they're evaluating them — but a state agency in Maryland takes it a bit further.
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Report: Obama Readying 'Stepped-Up' Internet Policing
November 12, 2010 The Commerce Department is working on a plan, for release in the next several weeks, that would call for "new laws and the creation of a new position to oversee the effort," The Wall Street Journal reports.