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3 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Safeguarding Personal Privacy When Collecting DNA For Human Rights

DNA databases might help identify victims of crime and human trafficking, but how do we safeguard the personal privacy of innocent victims and family members? A new report online in the Cell Press journal Trends in Genetics identifies a number of key challenges to consider as experts develop such programs.

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Related Topix: Health

4 hrs ago | WMDT

Congress gets mixed advice on regulating drones

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.

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Related Topix: US News, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Federal Aviation Administration, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jason Chaffetz, James Sensenbrenner

4 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

US Congress gets mixed drone advice

The growing use of unmanned "eyes in the sky" is raising many privacy concerns, but the U.S. Congress is getting mixed advice on what to do about civilian drones.

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Related Topix: Activism

8 hrs ago | All Things Digital

Bloomberg Names Former Ibm Ceo Palmisano to Advise on Data Privacy

Here's an interesting development in the ongoing data-privacy imbroglio over at Bloomberg LP.

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Related Topix: Bloomberg LP, Media, IT Services

10 hrs ago | ComputerWorld

Banking privacy prevails over copyright enforcement, Dutch court rules

Privacy laws protecting bank account holders are more important than providing information to aid in copyright enforcement, according to a Dutch court ruling this week.

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Related Topix: Usenet

14 hrs ago | Tripso.com

Privacy and your airline reservations

This is a topic that doesn't come up very often. In fact, since the Federal Trade Commission doesn't have jurisdiction over airline reservation systems and travel agencies, it has not been part of the overall Internet privacy discussions.

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17 hrs ago | Information Technology

PerspecSys Debuts a Data Privacy Solution for ServiceNow

While cloud based services and products are becoming popular with companies all over the world, protecting sensitive data on cloud is becoming a challenge for companies.

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21 hrs ago | Modern Healthcare

Lawmakers air privacy concerns about insurance-exchange navigators

The chairmen of two House Ways and Means subcommittees this week pressed HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to address privacy concerns regarding workers who will help consumers buy health coverage through state insurance exchanges .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Charles Boustany, Kevin Brady, Social Security, Personal Finance, Health Care Policy, Health

Thu May 16, 2013

KTVU Oakland

Google Glass may compromise privacy of user and others

With its built-in camera and internet capabilities, some argue the discrete new technology of Google Glass should be giving many people major privacy concerns.

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Related Topix: Cameras

PC World

NetChoice: California privacy bills are bad for Internet

Topping NetChoice's latest iAWFUL list are a number of California proposals aimed at protecting privacy that would create regulations for Internet companies.

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Related Topix: Social Software

CBC News

Man to file privacy complaint after personal info released

Earl Acker was among 90,000 Nova Scotians to receive the home energy report comparing their power usage to similar households.

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JD Supra

Federal Legislation Introduced Regarding Mobile Application Privacy

On May 9, 2013, Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson introduced the Application Privacy, Protection and Security Act of 2013 , a bill "[t]o provide for greater transparency in and user control over the treatment of data collected by mobile applications and to enhance the security of such data."1 The collection, use and disclosure of personal ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Henry "Hank" Johnson, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Hank Johnson

International Business Times

RIM opens BlackBerry Messenger to iOS and Androids

We're excited to offer iOS and For most of the first generation smartphone users, owning a BBM and using its bleeding-edge real-time encrypted message have been the ultimate status symbol and user experience.

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AllSmallCars

Nissan Leaf Wants Apps, Needs Your Data To Make Them Work

Richard Read covers technology, social media, advertising, legal issues, and other auto industry topics for High Gear Media.

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Related Topix: Nissan Leaf, Hatchback, Nissan

Wed May 15, 2013

The Inquirer

Microsoft says that some people worry about privacy

SOFTWARE HOUSE Microsoft has completed a survey of the privacy wants of its users and found a general awareness that privacy exists, but little evidence of action being taken to preserve it.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Sentillion

JD Supra

Busy at Work: California Legislature Addressing Data Privacy Concerns with Data Privacy Law

The California legislature is busily at work, staying at the forefront with the development of data privacy laws.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Folk, Assembly, Social Software, Startups, Facebook

Politics in the Zeros

Facial recognition in Google Glass raises legitimate privacy concerns

A genuinely useful Google Glass app helps hospital employees ID patients and share data.

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ComputerWorld

State social media privacy laws a mixed bag for businesses

New social media privacy laws that have been enacted in several states around the country, or those in the works, present something of a mixed bag for businesses.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, California, MD

Salem-News.com

Social Media Privacy Wins Workplace Protection in Senate Vote

House Bill 2654B, which passed on a 28-1 vote with one excused, prohibits a current or prospective employer from demanding access to a private social media page, such as Facebook, as a condition of employment.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software

AdPulp

Are Digital Services The New Ideal?

We all know what a mess digital advertising is. There are privacy concerns, ad blockers and quacks in every direction offering their innovative new solutions that are far from it.

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