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A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans.

After 30 minutes on the phone with Duane Siebert, I'm pretty sure he's not crazy, but I'd understand if you wanted to argue the point.

We've been patient. It's been years since "Star Wars" came out and we still don't have a gold-plated droid to do our bidding.

Media groups, and even some privacy advocates slam Texas effort to limit drone use as a threat to free speech The battle to find a balance between privacy concerns and the beneficial use of drones for commercial and law enforcement purposes is in sharp focus in a bill that's winding its way through the Texas legislature.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday he did not make the controversial decision to secretly seize telephone records of the Associated Press but defended his department's actions in the investigation of what he called a "very, very serious leak." The decision to seek phone records of one of the world's largest news-gathering ... (more)

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No longer exclusively used by the military, drones are increasingly being used by groups and private individuals.

John Guenther looks over a city map in his office. He stepped down as the City of Revelstoke's Director of Planning this week.

Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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

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