Showing posts with label Privacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Privacy. Show all posts

Friday, June 3, 2016

Researchers Uncover a Flaw in Europe’s Tough Privacy Rules

Researchers Uncover a Flaw in Europe’s Tough Privacy Rules


Computer scientists were able to discover the names of roughly a third of the people who had asked that online links about themselves be taken down.


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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Google Appeals French Privacy Ruling

Google Appeals French Privacy Ruling


The search giant said it continued to resist France’s demand that Europe’s so-called right to be forgotten rules should be applied globally.


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Monday, May 2, 2016

Google, Europe and Privacy

Google, Europe and Privacy


The Electronic Privacy Information Center says Google turned a decision that protected privacy into justification for restricting information access.


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Monday, April 25, 2016

Europe’s Web Privacy Rules: Bad for Google, Bad for Everyone

Europe’s Web Privacy Rules: Bad for Google, Bad for Everyone


Restricting what search results users can see undermines the Internet’s promise of global access to information.


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Saturday, April 16, 2016

Europe’s Privacy Watchdogs Call for Changes to U.S. Data-Transfer Deal

Europe’s Privacy Watchdogs Call for Changes to U.S. Data-Transfer Deal


The region’s national regulators say the so-called Privacy Shield agreement does not sufficiently protect their citizens’ rights.


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Monday, April 4, 2016

What Hulk Hogan’s Gawker Lawsuit Means for Our Privacy

What Hulk Hogan’s Gawker Lawsuit Means for Our Privacy


A tawdry trial about sex tapes and celebrity shows how we should rethink information in the digital age.


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Monday, March 28, 2016

In Apple Debate on Digital Privacy and the iPhone, Questions Still Remain

In Apple Debate on Digital Privacy and the iPhone, Questions Still Remain


It is unclear what will happen the next time the government tries to force Apple to break into one of its own phones.










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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Ted Cruz Attacks Marco Rubio on Privacy and Immigration

Ted Cruz Attacks Marco Rubio on Privacy and Immigration


In perhaps his most sustained attack to date against Marco Rubio, whom he has tried to portray as overly cozy with establishment Republicans, Ted Cruz spent several minutes assailing the congressional colleague he has called a friend.


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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Bits Special Section: Security and Privacy

Bits Special Section: Security and Privacy


Companies, once secretive about cybersecurity flaws, are now paying bounties to those who expose them. But the enemy isn’t just malicious hackers. It is us.










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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Digital Privacy, in the U.S. and Europe

Digital Privacy, in the U.S. and Europe


Three readers active in the data protection debate react to a European court ruling.


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Friday, October 9, 2015

Behind the European Privacy Ruling That’s Confounding Silicon Valley

Behind the European Privacy Ruling That’s Confounding Silicon Valley


It began with an Austrian law student in California who “had to write about something,” but has led to a decision that is roiling United States tech companies.










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European Ruling is Merely a Symbolic Victory for Privacy

European Ruling is Merely a Symbolic Victory for Privacy


The real problem is that privacy laws and rules in the United States and Europe are far too lax.


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Behind the European Privacy Ruling That’s Confounding Silicon Valley

Behind the European Privacy Ruling That’s Confounding Silicon Valley


It began with an Austrian law student in California who “had to write about something,” but has led to a decision that is roiling United States tech companies.










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Thursday, October 8, 2015

In Europe-U.S. Clash on Privacy, a Longstanding Schism

In Europe-U.S. Clash on Privacy, a Longstanding Schism


The two sides say they are close on data sharing, but there is no timetable and their objectives are profoundly different.










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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

In Europe-U.S. Clash on Privacy, a Longstanding Schism

In Europe-U.S. Clash on Privacy, a Longstanding Schism


The two sides say they are close on data sharing, but there is no timetable and their objectives are profoundly different.










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