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California ''Right to Know'' bill demands access for personal data

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:05:00 GMT

Google director of privacy steps down after two years

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:49:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1364899703_googlealmawhitten.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />the position after Google admitted to picking up Wi-Fi data through its Street View cars...]]>

Apple drops from top 20 'most trusted' companies for privacy

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:41:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1212/Apple-security-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />annual report ranking the most trusted companies on the issue of consumer privacy, and for the first time in three years Apple is amendment proposed in 2011 to require warrants for law enforcement to eavesdrop on email communications, modifying the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Electronic Frontier Foundation calls a "data leak" and a privacy violation. Unless settings are altered, every time a search is performed ...]]>

EU to tell Google to unravel privacy policy

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:03:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1350342314_ScreenShot2012-10-15at7.04.30PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Reuters, which cites a letter from the EU's na...]]>

Google follows Brazilian order, blocks YouTube video

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:56:00 GMT

Facebook to retain user searches in Activity Log

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:41:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348677839_Screenshot2012-09-26at12.40.53PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />news post changes to its Activity Log, giving users the ability to review searches conducted on the site as...]]>

Twitter relents, hands over Occupy user's data to court

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:20:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339087263_new-twitter-logo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />assessed a fine, Twitter has agreed to hand over to authorities the data it had been withholding in a minor New York criminal case.