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Twitter settles privacy charges with U.S.

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 ...

Connecticut to ask Google if collected WiFi data

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 make the call at a Hartford, ...

Senators tell Facebook: tighten privacy policy

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 ...

EU privacy body wants changes to Google Street View

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 San Francisco in 2007, Street View allows users to ...

Justice Department appeals court ban on cell-phone tracking

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 ...

Canada investigates Facebook again over privacy

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 Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart said on ...

Calif. hospital fined $250,000 in "Octo-Mom" case

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 ...