Category «Privacy»

UK Guardian – “NSA collected US email records in bulk for more than two years under Obama”

Follow up to EPIC – Congress Begins Investigation of NSA Domestic Surveillance Program – via Glenn Greenwald and Spencer Ackerman: “The Obama administration for more than two years permitted the National Security Agency to continue collecting vast amounts of records detailing the email and internet usage of Americans, according to secret documents obtained by the Guardian. The documents indicate that under the program, launched in …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

New on LLRX – Privacy Resources and Sites on the Internet 2013

Via LLRX.com – Privacy Resources and Sites on the Internet 2013 – – Marcus P. Zilman’s guide is a comprehensive, timely and actionable resource inclusive of a wide range of privacy resources for individuals as well as organizations. His guide includes references to associations, indexes, search engines as and topical websites and sources that provide current applications, …

Subjects: Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

Google’s new transparency report now tracking malware

Google Transparency Report: “Google’s Safe Browsing technology examines billions of URLs per day looking for unsafe websites. Every day, we discover thousands of new unsafe sites, many of which are legitimate websites that have been compromised. When we detect unsafe sites, we show warnings on Google Search and in web browsers. These unsafe sites fall …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Internet, Privacy, Search Engines

The Hill – Tech companies fret over loss of consumers’ trust after NSA revelations

Jennifer Martinez : “The country’s most prominent tech companies, including Google and Facebook, are scrambling to save their reputations with users following the revelations over a National Security Agency surveillance program that monitors Internet traffic to thwart terrorist attacks. Since the reports broke, tech companies have mobilized into full-on damage control mode in hopes of …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Commerce, Internet, Patriot Act, Privacy

UK – Further action for Google over Wi-Fi data collection

“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served Google Inc with an enforcement notice over the collection of payload data by Google’s Street View cars in the UK. Stephen Eckersley, ICO Head of Enforcement, said: “Today’s enforcement notice strengthens the action already taken by our office, placing a legal requirement on Google to delete the remaining …

Subjects: EU Data Protection, Government Documents, Internet, Privacy

Commentary – Calling It ‘Metadata’ Doesn’t Make Surveillance Less Intrusive

By Geoff Nunberg: “Metadata” was bound to break out sooner or later, riding the wave of “data” in all its forms and combinations. “Big data” and “data mining” are the reigning tech buzzwords these days, and university faculties are scrambling to meet the surge in demand for courses in the hot new field of data …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Free Speech, Knowledge Management, Legislation, Libraries, Patriot Act, Privacy

Paper – NSA Spying Under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act

Follow up to previous posting, Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder – U.S. Domestic Surveillance, a new CDT Paper: “The FBI and NSA have abused Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act to compel disclosure of phone records of calls made to, from, and within the United States. This surveillance is not permitted by the statute, and was …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Internet, Patriot Act, Privacy

Google – How to Delete Search History

“You can delete your search history at any time. However, before you do so, remember that saving your search history can help you quickly find information you’ve searched for in the past or pages you visited earlier. For example, if you visited a site with a great pasta recipe but can’t remember what the site …

Subjects: Internet, Privacy, Search Engines

EPIC: Senator Rand Paul Issues Questions on Domestic Drone Surveillance

EPIC: “Senator Rand Paul issued a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller seeking answers about the FBI’s domestic use of drones. In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight, Director Mueller admitted that the FBI uses drones for domestic surveillance. Mueller also stated there were no guidelines in place to regulate the FBIs use …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Freedom of Information, Privacy

UK Guardian posts the top secret rules that allow NSA to use U.S. data without a warrant

Follow up to previous postings on NSA’s big data domestic surveillance program – via UK Guardian: Fisa court submissions show broad scope of procedures governing NSA’s surveillance of Americans’ communication Top secret documents submitted to the court that oversees surveillance by US intelligence agencies show the judges have signed off on broad orders which allow the NSA …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Patriot Act, Privacy

Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder – U.S. Domestic Surveillance

“Two NSA surveillance programs have been exposed in press reports in June 2013. First, a Guardian report disclosed a classified FISC court order instructing Verizon, one of the largest U.S. telecommunications firms, to hand over phone records of millions of Americans to the NSA. Amid criticism from civil rights groups, the Obama administration defended the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Patriot Act, Privacy

EFF – How Dozens of Companies Know You’re Reading About Those NSA Leaks

Follow up to previous postings on NSA’s big data domestic surveillance program via Micah Lee: “Each time your browser makes a request it sends the following information with it: Your IP address and the exact time of the request User-Agent string: which normally contains the web browser you’re using, your browser’s version, your operating system, processor information …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Commerce, Internet, Privacy

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