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Facebook to boost privacy after Irish probe

2011-12-21T12:00:40Z

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Facebook has agreed to improve its privacy policy for hundreds of millions of users after a three-month investigation by Irish authorities at the U.S. group's international headquarters in Dublin.

Facebook's SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said they had begun investigating Samsung Card over the alleged leakage of personal information on its customers.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said in a statement on Thursday that a Samsung Card em...

India IT hub orders Google to suspend Street View service

2011-06-20T23:30:11Z

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Google Inc has been ordered by city police to suspend its "Street View" service in the Indian IT hub of Bangalore, the company said on Tuesday,...

Connecticut wants Facebook meeting over privacy

2011-06-16T18:30:11Z

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Connecticut's Attorney General is deeply concerned over Facebook's use of facial recognition technology to identify users and has...

Facebook may have leaked your personal information: Symantec

2011-05-10T18:30:13Z

(Reuters) - Facebook users' personal information could have been accidentally leaked to third parties, in particular advertisers, over the past few years, according to Symantec Corp's official web blog.

Third-parties would have had access to personal information such as profil...

Private records of 3.5 million people exposed by Texas

2011-04-11T11:00:22Z

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The personal records of some 3.5 million Texans were inadvertently exposed after they were placed on a state computer server that was accessible to the public for about a year, state officials said on Monday.

State Comptroller Susan Combs said there...

South Korea watchdog probes Hyundai Capital data breach

2011-04-10T19:30:13Z

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's financial watchdog launched an investigation on Monday into the leak of personal information from South Korea's Hyundai Capital, the consumer finance unit of Hyundai Motor Group, a Financial Supervi...

France fines Google in Street View data case

2011-03-21T13:00:20Z

PARIS (Reuters) - France's data protection regulator has fined Google 100,000 euros for collecting private data from wireless networks when its camera-equipped cars gathered footage for its on-line map service Street View.

The Commission nationale de l'information et des libertes (CNIL) told Goo...

Obama administration seeks Internet privacy bill

2011-03-16T13:00:29Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is backing legislation to protect the personal data of Internet users, toughening its stance from a call last year for voluntary codes of conduct for data companies and advertisers.

"The administration is now at the point of recommending that this be dealt with in legislation," said ...

Health Net says missing several server drives

2011-03-14T13:00:09Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Insurer Health Net Inc on Monday said it is investigating the disappearance of several server drives from its data center operations that contain the personal information of members and employees.

Health Net said it was notified by Reuters) - The Commerce Department should open a privacy office and work to develop "voluntary but enforceable" codes of conduct for data companies and advertisers tracking consumers on the Internet, said a report by the department's Internet Policy Task Force.

The report issued on Thursday arri...

Twitter settles privacy charges with U.S.

2010-06-24T08:45:20Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Privately held microblogging service Twitter has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over charges that it put customers privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information.

As part of the settlement, Twitter agre...

Connecticut to ask Google if collected WiFi data

2010-06-07T08:30:29Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - Connecticut's top prosecutor plans to call on Google Inc on Monday to say whether it had collected data from personal and business wireless networks without the owners' permission.

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal will mak...

Senators tell Facebook: tighten privacy policy

2010-04-27T16:30:28Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers told Facebook on Tuesday they were concerned about changes in its privacy policy that would allow personal information to be viewed by more than friends, and options on other websites that would allow third parties to save information about Facebook users and friends.

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EU privacy body wants changes to Google Street View

2010-04-16T06:57:13Z

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU data protection authorities have urged Internet search giant Google to shorten the period it stores images from its controversial Street View Web service because of privacy concerns.

Launched in PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The government argued on Friday that it should be allowed access to people's cell-phone records to help track suspected criminals.

A Justice Department attorney urged a federal appeals court to overturn lower court rulings denying it the right to seek inf...

Canada investigates Facebook again over privacy

2010-04-16T07:18:25Z

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's privacy czar, who got Facebook to agree last year to better protect users' personal information, will launch a new investigation over complaints that the changes sometimes make things worse.

The office of

2010-04-16T12:18:28Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The hospital where a woman delivered octuplets in January has been fined $250,000 after workers pried into her medical records, the first penalty under a new California law prompted by similar cases involving pop star Britney Spears and...

Wikileaks Berkeley

2010-12-14T22:31:11Z

Beverly Dove holds a sign as she speaks during a city council meeting in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. The council in this famously liberal city is considering a resolution Tuesday night bestowing hero status on Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier at the center of the