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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office and Connecticut's top prosecutor are working privately with state lawmakers to craft legislation that would block the public release of certain records from the Newtown school shooting and possibly other crimes.

Facebook Inc can certainly be known as a social network that has often advocated for social causes and social activism, and it has been a valuable tool in many of those areas, including calls for blood donation in the wake of natural disasters in other parts of the world and calls against censorship and for freedom of expression in repressive ... (more)

A bill crafted privately by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office, Connecticut's top prosecutor and legislative leaders would require the written consent of family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims before certain records concerning the shooting may be publicly released.

But we found one critical piece of information that owners are leaving behind, and it could be used against car owners.

The Shawano County Sheriff's Department says a 75-year-old Gillett man died after the car he was riding in smashed into a tree in Bonduel.

Not assisting or protecting victims of violence is a cost for society. New rules to be adopted in the Parliament this week will allow women assaulted in one country to be equally protected when they travel elsewhere in the Union.

Big phone companies have begun to sell the vast troves of data they gather about their subscribers' locations, travels and Web-browsing habits.

Three healthcare organizations are defending the federal health IT booster programs against calls from GOP senators who want a "reboot." Six U.S. senators who last month criticized the health information technology efforts of the Obama administration had asked for comments on issues raised in their 28-page white paper , and they received several of ... (more)

A Snyderville Basin development that maintains a rare policy allowing bicyclists onto its private roads will stop doing so next week, indicating that there are increased safety concerns as construction continues.

Abstract: In this short essay, written for a symposium in the San Diego Law Review, Professor Daniel Solove examines the nothing to hide argument.

I'm a big fan of keeping my personal information personal. But when it comes to your medical information, maintaining privacy is difficult, if not impossible.

Teens are posting more and more personal information on social media sites, but most also are taking formal and informal measures to protect their online privacy and reputations, a new survey finds.

The journalism world has been rightly outraged by the Justice Department dragging the Associated Press into one of its sprawling leak investigations.

The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it.

Chris Abraham is a leading expert in digital: social media marketing, Internet privacy, online reputation management , and digital PR with a focus on blogger outreach, blogger engagement, and Internet crisis response.

When health IT professionals are calling out for better ways to view patient data, third party applications are the obvious answer.

I have nothing against the folks who created Tumblr and managed to get Yahoo to bid a whopping $1.1 billion this week to buy the company.

During a Q&A following a rambling conclusion to Google I/O's marathon keynote, Google CEO Larry Page said a few things that hinted at his frustrations with the one platform he can't seem to find the right interfaces for: government.

Twenty-five miles due south of Salt Lake City, a massive construction project is nearing completion.

Eight members of Congress have written an open letter to Google CEO Larry Page that outlines privacy concerns about the Internet vendor's computerized eyeglasses, Google Glass .