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YouTube Must Give All User Histories To Viacom
MS Wants To Identify All Web Surfers
Vista is Watching You
Bush Claims Mail Can Be Opened Without Warrant
Microsoft WGA Phones Home Even When Told No
Tracking People Using Bluetooth
US Courts Consider Legality of Laptop Inspection
Privacy and the "Nothing To Hide" Argument
Microsoft Helps Police Crack Your Computer
Rick Rubin Discloses Sony Rootkit Called Home
The Privacy Candidate
YouTube Hands Over User Info To Fox
CCTVs Don't Work in the UK
Facebook Users Complain of New Ad-Based Tracking
Free Phone Calls... If Advertisers Can Eavesdrop
German Govt. Skype Interception Trojans Revealed
Google May Close Gmail Germany Over Privacy Law
IT Repair Installs Webcam Spying Software
UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders'
VeriChip Implants 222 People With RFID
Google Begins Blurring Faces In Street View
Google Reader Begins Sharing Private Data
Man Arrested for Refusing to Show Drivers License
US Policy Would Allow Government Access to Any Email
Verizon Wireless Opt-Out Plan For Customer Records
Web Hosting For Privacy Activists?
Your House Is About To Be Photographed
Big Brother Really Is Watching Us All
Journalists Can't Hide News From the Internet
TiVo Selling Data on Users' Watching Habits
Behavioral Search & Advertising On Its Way?
California Blocks RFID Implants In Workers
Canadian Bill C-416 to Require Wiretapping
Chinese Govt Limits Kids to 3hrs of Online Gaming
Comcast Charges $1000 Per Wiretap
Comcast Is Reading Your Blog
EU Wants Air Passenger Data Collected
Hacker Club Publishes German Official's Fingerprint
ISPs Using "Deep Packet Inspection" On 100,000 Users
Nuclear Scanning Catches a Radioactive Cat On I-5
Questionable Data Mining Concerns IRC Community
Senator Proposes to Monitor All P2P Traffic for Illegal Files
The Advertisers are Watching You
Tor Used To Collect Embassy Email Passwords
UK ISPs To Start Tracking Your Surfing To Serve You Ads
Virgin Media To Spy On & Threaten Downloaders
Your Medical Treatment History Is For Sale
70% of P2P Users Would Stop if Warned by ISP
All US Border Crossings Now Require A 'Terrorist Risk Profile'
China To Deploy World's Largest People Tracking Network
Eavesdropping Helpful Against Terrorist Plot [UPDATED]
Google Calls for International Privacy Standards
Google's Gdrive Raises Instant Privacy Concerns
Potentially Huge Legal Boost for EU File Traders
U.S. Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read
Eavesdropping Didn't Help Uncover Terrorist Plot
Cell Phones Tracking Nightlife Activity
Court Upholds Warrantless Internet Snooping
DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely
Don't Google "How To Commit Murder" Before Killing
FBI Says Paper Trails Are Optional
FISA Bill Vote Today, With Telco Immunity
Germany Plans To Email Trojans
Governator Kills Data Protection Law
Hotel Connectivity Provider SuperClick Tracks You
ISP Tracking Legislation Hits the House
Implanted RFID Chips Linked To Cancer
NJ Blogger Fights for Anonymous Free Speech
New York Plans Surveillance Veil For Downtown
Outcry Over Google's Purchase of Doubleclick
Patriot Act Haunts Google Service
Police Busted When Tracking Device Found On Car
Police Given Access to Congestion-Charge Cameras
Post-Suicide Account Cracking?
Spy Act of 2007 = "Vendors Can Spy Act"
Students In UK Tracked With RFID Chips
Swiss Bank Secrecy Under Renewed Attack
T-Ray Camera Sees Through Clothes, Preserves Privacy
UK's Blair Dismisses Online Anti ID-Card Petition
Understanding Privacy
University Professor Chastised For Using Tor
Users Know Advertisers Watch Them, and Hate It
Washington State To Try RFID Drivers Licenses
Websites Still Failing Basic Privacy Practices
Groups Call For Investigation of MS Ad Service
Australian ISPs Reject Calls To Police Their Users
Berners-Lee Rejects Tracking
Bill Introduced to Congress Would Allow ID Theft Restitution
Blizzard Seeks to Block User Rights, Privacy
Consumerist Catches Geek Squad Stealing Porn
Covert BT Phorm Trial Report Leaked
Designing Software With Privacy in Mind
FBI Remotely Installs Spyware to Trace Bomb Threat
Facebook Interviewer Heckled at Web Conference
Germany Seeks Expansion of Computer Spying
Google Assists In Arrest Of Indian Man
House Approves Warrantless Wiretapping Extension
How Best Buy Tried To Whip The Geek Squad Into Shape
In EU, Internet Use From Work May Be Protected
MSN Censors Your IM
Microsoft Sued by a Beijing Student Over 'Privacy Violation'
National Intelligence Director Seeks Expansion of Spy Powers
New GPS Navigator Relies On 'Wisdom of the Crowds'
Privacy Group Gives Google Lowest Possible Grade
Privatunes Anonymizes iTunes Plus
State Agency to Destroy Unauthorized USB Drives
Stealthy Windows Update Raises Serious Concerns
Telecom Immunity -- We're Down to the Wire(tap)
The New Facebook Ads - Another Privacy Debacle?
UK Has Become a "Surveillance Society"
Vista Makes Forensic PC Exam Easier for Lawyers
Your Own Mini-Stalker
"Clear" Laptop Found, In the Same Locked Office
"Mobile Plate Hunter" Cameras Raise Questions
1 In 3 Sysadmins Snoop On Colleagues
ACLU Protests Police Scanning License Plates
Ads With Your Name On Them
After 3 Years, Freenet 0.7 Released
An Epidemic of Snooping
Ancestry.com To Add DNA Test Results
Apple Hides Account Info in DRM-Free Music
As of October, FBI To Allow Warrantless Investigations
Audit Finds FBI Abused Patriot Act
Beijing Police To Launch Animated Web Patrols
Comment Deadline For NYC Photography Permits
Craigslist Forced To Reveal a Seller's Identity
Deep Packet Inspection and Net Neutrality
Dragonfly-Sized Insect Spies Spotted, Denied
E-gold Owners Plead Guilty To Money Laundering
EU Court Says File Sharers Don't Have To Be Named
Europe Moves To Track Phone and Net Use
FBI's New Eye Scan Database Raising Eyebrows
Facebook Caves To Privacy Protests Over Beacon
Foundation Commissions $50 Million Online Study
German Court Abolishes German Snooping Law
Going to Yosemite? Get Your Passport Ready!
Google Caught On Private Property
Google Gives Up IP of Anonymous Blogger
Google Turns Over Data on Suspected Pedophiles In Brazil
Google Wins Agreement To Anonymize YouTube Logs
Google and the CIA?
Government Seeks Dismissal of Spy Suit
Hitachi's Tiny RFID Chips
IP Holders Press For Access To WHOIS Data
In Soviet US, Comcast Watches YOU
Judge Says, Record DNA of Everyone In the UK
Lawyers Would Rather Fly Than Download PGP
Leaked Government Doc Reveals UK ID "Coercion" Plans
Mandatory Keyloggers in Mumbai's Cyber Cafes
McCain Supports Warrantless Domestic Surveillance
More States Challenging National Driver's Licenses
MySpace Private Pictures Leak
New FISA Bill Would Grant Telcoms Immunity; Vote Is Tomorrow
New Plan In UK For "Big Brother" Database
New York Taxi Drivers To Strike Over GPS
No Passport For Britons Refusing Mass Surveillance
Pirate Bay Launches Free Speech Blog
Protecting Online Identity Through Cryptography
Public Iris Scanning Device In the Works
REAL ID In Its Death Throes, Says ACLU
RIAA & MPAA Seek Authority To Pretext
Restrictions On Social Sites Proposed In Georgia
Safeguarding Data From Big Brother Sven?
Search Sites Unveil Privacy Plans
Secret Printer ID Codes May Be Illegal In the EU
Spy Drones Take to the Sky in the UK
Student Financial Aid Database Being Misused
TSA's "Behavior Detection Officers"
Technical Risks of the US Protect America Act
UK ISP Admitted to Spying on Customers
US Consumers Clueless About Online Tracking
US Expands Airport Biometric Data Collection
Using Tire Pressure Sensors To Spy On Cars
Washingtonpost.com Wants Identities of Posters
Widespread Spying Preceded '04 GOP Convention
Will Security Firms Detect Police Spyware?
Wiretapping Bill Passes Swedish Parliament, 143 to 138
Wiretapping Law Sparks Rage In Sweden
Yale Students' Lawsuit Unmasks Anonymous Trolls
How Far Should a Job Screening Go?
How Safe is Your Employment Application Data?
Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC
Skype Linux Reads Password and Firefox Profile
AT&T Invents Surveillance Programming Language
AU Government Demands Universal Wiretapping
Americans Don't Care About Domestic Spying ?
Arguing For Open Electronic Health Records
Bush Cyber Initiative Aims To Monitor, Restrict Access To Federal Network
Businesses Generally Ignoring E-Discovery Rules
Congress Considers Forcing Travel Registration
Court Orders Dismissal of US Wiretapping Lawsuit
DOJ Accidentally Gives Lawyer Wiretap Transcript
DoJ Mulls Tracking Picture Uploads
EU Privacy Directive — Coming To the US?
EU Recommends Slashing Search Data Retention
Entering Passwords Through Eye Movement
FBI Employees Face Criminal Probe Over Patriot Act
FCC Declines To Probe Disclosure of Phone Records
Financial Incentives for Live Search Data
German Police Arrest Admin of Tor Anonymity Server