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May 20, 2011
Technology and the Internet
Government May Intervene as Self-Regulation Falters
Dec. 11, 2000
Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc. and other Internet search-engine providers must cut the time they retain users’ online records to comply with European Union privacy laws, advisors to regulators decided Friday.
April 5, 2008
Uber has agreed to settle accusations by America’s top consumer protection agency that the ride-hailing company failed to protect consumers’ sensitive data, a misstep that allowed employees to access rider and driver information and led to a data breach in 2014 that exposed thousands of drivers’ names and license numbers.
Aug. 15, 2017
World & Nation
A new statistical method used by the U.S. Census Bureau to protect confidentiality has made people and occupied homes vanish, at least on paper.
Oct. 31, 2021
Technology Blog
May 3, 2010
Business
Clear Channel is rolling out technology in Europe that tracks people after they pass a billboard. The company has been doing this in the U.S. for years.
Aug. 25, 2020
California
The LAPD and other California law enforcement agencies have collected millions of license plate images with inadequate privacy safeguards, audit says.
Feb. 13, 2020
An internal team at the Census Bureau found that basic personal information collected from more than 100 million Americans during the 2010 head count could be reconstructed from encrypted data, but with lots of mistakes, a top agency official disclosed Saturday.
Feb. 16, 2019
Opinion
For democracy’s sake, political leaders need to rein in the tech industry’s power to collect personal data and manipulate consumers.
Oct. 23, 2023