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Update: EU Asks Google to ‘Pause’ New Privacy Policy (1)
• Tweets that mention » Update: EU Asks Google to ‘Pause’ New Privacy Policy: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by exiledsurfer, naaxiom, occupydisabled, oppinkpower, periciadigital, chronosome, pimptechh, giovane_vaz, metalsamurai, and twistedpolitics. twistedpolitics said: [...]

Update: Cellphone Privacy Bill Introduced to Regulate Carrier IQ-type Tracking (3)

• sanchanim: Markey just wanted more press. I is really poorly written. Sprint is now going with Smith Micro. Trevor Eckhart has a back room affiliation with them. He will be subpenaed to court and dissected, then arrested for corporate espionage! Verizon and Apple have products that do exactly the same thing. So really nothing has changed, not that I felt Carrier IQ was spyware. It was not implemented properly by HTC. HTC also is patching other major issues as well.
• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » Update: Cellphone Privacy Bill Introduced to Regulate Carrier IQ-type Tracking: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by nymphosec, privacyfocused, lmbrownlee1, normative, katrinskaya, jim68000, arjwright, davidmoliver, privacyactivism, and twistedpolitics. twistedpolitics said: [...]
• PogoWasRight.org » Cellphone Privacy Bill Introduced to Regulate Carrier IQ-type Tracking: [...] Read more on Privacy Lives. [...]

Washington Post: FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » Washington Post: FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by nymphosec, privacyfocused, normative, ethicsblogger, privacyactivism, cheshire_puss, serenepeak, idrobinhood, and andyblacz. andyblacz said: [...]

Latest Update on U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (1)

• Concurring Opinions » Needed Steps Forward on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: [...] to terrific privacy blogger Melissa Ngo and privacy scholar and change maker Peter Swire, I’ve learned about [...]

CNet: Hawaii may keep track of all Web sites visited (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » CNet: Hawaii may keep track of all Web sites visited: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by nymphosec, privacyfocused, ardosi, nikiblack, health_etweets, and tech__tweets. tech__tweets said: [...]

BBC: O2 apology for disclosing mobile phone numbers online (1)

• Dan_O2: Hi there, we now have a blog that will provide all the info you need. You can also ask any further questions you have on the blog: http://j.mp/MPNblog Thanks Dan – O2 Social Media Team

FTC Seeks Public Comment on Facial Recognition Technology (5)

• Anonymous: horrible idea. horrible technology. there’s no need for it. we can be so safe that we stay in a prison with all the other safe people. this type of safety is an unnecessary lack of freedom
• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » FTC Seeks Public Comment on Facial Recognition Technology: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by privacyfocused, nymphosec, lynettetowens, exxortech, privacyactivism, hellrazr, stoprealidnow, civicattitude, and kid4meus. kid4meus said: [...]
• Lili Fugit: » Are there situations where notice and choice are not necessary? By contrast, are there contexts or places where these technologies should not be deployed, even with notice and choice? First part of the question, no. Second part, of course. Public restrooms readily spring to mind. » What are the privacy and security concerns surrounding the adoption of these technologies, and how do they vary depending on how the technologies are implemented? In the brave new world of social…
• Renee Jones: You don’t even ask the most important question: what is the error rate and how does one escape the consequences of these errors?
• Anonymous: The technology in and of itself is important, and has many potential legitimate uses and applications. But as with many other technologies, tools, and weapons, this technology could be easily abused by a government or corporation.

Recent Stories About the Collection and Use of Personal Data on Individuals (2)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » Recent Stories About the Collection and Use of Personal Data on Individuals: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by nymphosec, privacyfocused, theiriseproject, dptoz, oceanpark, mzmollytl, and teacherhann. teacherhann said: [...]

ZDNet: No Privacy on Amazon’s Cloud Drive (1)

• dfcloudaversion: Ok so you think that we’ll take the road away from an alleged antiquated computer era & obsolescence in order to follow this “Cloud” computing temptation? What about Cloud data extortion forcing you to upgrade your new tablet continuously (more and more) for maintaining an access to your personal informations? What about your personal thoughts (political, sexual orientation, various opinions related to insurances, banking, diseasis…) beeing spied,…

NPR: Friendly Advice For Teachers: Beware Of Facebook (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » NPR: Friendly Advice For Teachers: Beware Of Facebook: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by privacyfocused, nymphosec, mtlvince, fsecure, hansenkarsten, isa_808, and cybersafety808. cybersafety808 said: [...]

TechCrunch: Examination Of Privacy Policies Shows A Few Troubling Trends (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » TechCrunch: Examination Of Privacy Policies Shows A Few Troubling Trends: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by nymphosec, cyberdad, privacyfocused, privacyactivism, planetjamie39, stoprealidnow, danyork90, lossofprivacy, and ardosi. ardosi said: [...]

NPR’s Two-Part Report About Companies Gathering, Using Consumer Data (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » NPR’s Two-Part Report About Companies Gathering, Using Consumer Data: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by privacyfocused, nymphosec, privacyactivism, miaaculpa, doolittlelady, ardosi, kallou22, and privacycamp, privacycamp said: [...]

Washington Post: Eyes turn to license plate readers  (2)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » Washington Post: Eyes turn to license plate readers: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by nymphosec, privacyfocused, normative, privacycamp, donttag, kevindonovan, datapanikorg, and ardosi. ardosi said: [...]

MSNBC: Digital evidence becoming central in criminal cases (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » MSNBC: Digital evidence becoming central in criminal cases: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by insiderthreats, mthorbruegge, tmakkonen, s_andriotis, hackedelic, garage4hackers, acbr_tech, frankmat, t_toyota, and hansenkarsten. hansenkarsten said: [...]

New York Times: Who Decides Who You Are Online? (2)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » New York Times: Who Decides Who You Are Online?: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by nymphosec, fsecure, praxprasanna, selenebluesky7, multinetro, educadordigital, fazrulrosli, and hansenkarsten. hansenkarsten said: [...]

New York Times: Face Recognition Makes the Leap From Sci-Fi (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » New York Times: Face Recognition Makes the Leap From Sci-Fi: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by normative, privacycamp, thealyonashow, wllegal, 1cpu4ren, sockolt, wilherman, privacyactivism, econwriter5, and secunoid. secunoid said: [...]

Los Angeles Times: Ad companies have their hands, or cookies, in your browser (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » Los Angeles Times: Ad companies have their hands, or cookies, in your browser: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by nymphosec, privacyfocused, privacyactivism, bark140, writewithstan, alexanderhanff, captmikeyates, and hacktivism_. hacktivism_ said: [...]

Update on US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (1)

• james: I personally wait for this oversight because of some malicous report about me has caused an extreme violations of my self and families civil liberties and privacy, i have tirelessly tried to receive information ,and help in my matter and i am flat out ignored,this malicous abuse of power to subdue me and my family to this outrageous invasive serveilance in which it is clearly done in a malicous way along with “other things” such as civil justice reform ,bottom line is this…

Update on RIM BlackBerry’s International Security Questions (3)

• Blackberrypacks: the fact that they have the privacy to organize without government surveillance via BlackBerry’s secure e-mail service is necessary for their civil liberties protests.

CNN: Your phone company is selling your personal data (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » CNN: Your phone company is selling your personal data: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by normative, meninakk, privacycamp, zikextru_tech, eloisegratton, privacydigest, joelgomezmx, lexinformatica, elladogsays, juan_carrillo, and sherwinpk. sherwinpk said: [...]

Op-Ed at Jerusalem Post: Biometric database is a threat to privacy (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » Op-Ed at Jerusalem Post: Biometric database is a threat to privacy: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by nymphosec, privacyfocused, normative, rpetty, plungerman, jmcest, and birnhack. birnhack said: [...]

USA Today: Why geolocation apps can be dangerous (2)

• Adam Winterflood: Security is key especially if you are telling people where you are now. Insurance companies are now not paying out if you check in abroad and then have your house burgled. The shift should be towards services that focus on where you have been rather than where you are now.

Washington Examiner: D.C. bill would make credit checks by most employers illegal (3)

• Anonymous: If creditors are seeing to it that consumers cant get jobs than how to do they expect to get paid. Yes there are few people out who intentionally don’t pay their bills, but not all of them some fell into misfortune.

Harvard Gazette: Medical data sold to analytics firms might be used to track identities (1)

• Tweets that mention Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » Harvard Gazette: Medical data sold to analytics firms might be used to track identities: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by nymphosec, privacyfocused, reputationrhino, privacyactivism, admtaptap, randomrisk, drgitlin, and bklem. bklem said: [...]