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33 min ago | VentureBeat

Privacy is hot: Antitracking startup Disconnect nabs $3.5M from FirstMark

With privacy concerns at a new high following revelations related to PRISM , it makes sense for VCs to invest in companies aiming to improve online privacy.

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4 hrs ago | Freshnews

Davis Polk Welcomes Former FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP today announces that Jon Leibowitz, former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission , is joining the firm as a partner in its Washington, DC office.

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8 hrs ago | The Skanner

Survey: Blacks More Willing than Whites to Make Privacy Concessions

Although the federal government secretly spied on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in the past, Blacks are more willing than Whites to have their privacy rights invaded if it will help investigate possible terrorists.

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Related Topix: Martin Luther King, Jr., African-American

13 hrs ago | International Business Times

Apple Talks Consumer Privacy In Light Of PRISM Scandal [Infographic]

When news first broke of NSA's PRISM program, in which the national security agency gained access to communications and user data of millions of private individuals, Apple was one of the first companies to deny any involvement with the government program .

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups

17 hrs ago | CIO

NSA Snooping, PRISM Spotlight Need for Clarity on Data-Privacy Law

In light of recent news about NSA snooping and the PRISM program, CIO.com blogger Bill Snyder says because there is currently no clarity about the types of data the government can legally intercept, the Internet is facing a major crisis of confidence.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software

18 hrs ago | CBS News

Video: White House chief on privacy concerns, trust

NSA director Gen. Keith Alexander is expected to release a list of dozens of terror plots foiled by surveillance programs.

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Related Topix: Face the Nation, Entertainment, Television, CBS This Morning, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

22 hrs ago | Denver Post

Udall says balance needed on privacy and security

Sen. Mark Udall said Sunday that the balance between guarding Americans' Constitutional privacy rights and shielding the country from another terrorist attack "doesn't have to be all or nothing."

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Related Topix: US Politics, Mark Udall, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Mark Udall, Patriot Act, Ron Wyden

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The News Journal

Communication can break down where care, privacy intersect

Getting help, getting answers, getting respect - all are significant challenges for those with serious, persistent mental illness and those who love them.

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Ottawa Citizen

Two CRA employees violated privacy laws, reports show

Two Canada Revenue Agency employees repeatedly violated privacy laws for years before being caught, with one of the employees no longer with the agency and the other no longer with access to taxpayers' information.

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Buenos Aires Herald

McDonough: 'Obama does not feel Americans' privacy violated'

President Barack Obama does not believe the recently disclosed top-secret National Security Agency surveillance of phone records and Internet data has violated Americans' privacy rights, his chief of staff said.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, George Bush, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Mark Udall, Mark Udall, US House of Representatives, Republican, Mike Rogers

TechSpot

Weekend tech reading: Privacy concerns continue, Haswell-E detailed

Facebook, Microsoft release number of data requests from government Facebook and Microsoft for the first time on Friday said they had gotten data requests from the government under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but they added that the U.S. government did not permit them to provide specific figures.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Intel

Courier-Post

Camden's Sky Patrol elicits privacy concerns

The newest crime-fighting tool in Camden lifts an observation post some 35 feet into the air, letting police scan a wide area with cameras, thermal-imaging equipment and other forms of surveillance technology.

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Related Topix: Camden, NJ, Haddon Heights, NJ, Camden County, NJ

The Guardian

Prism and online privacy - news and teaching resources round up

Revelations about the National Security Agency's online surveillance raise important questions about privacy in a digital age.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Computers, Social Software, Startups, Facebook

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Seattle Times

Privacy laws applied backward

At first Andy Denzel felt a little thrill of the chase. Like some private eye, he was solving the crime that had been committed against him.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, University Village (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA, Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

Fire Dog Lake

The Deeper Meaning of Mass Spying in America

The exposure of the Obama regime's use of the National Security Agency to secretly spy on the communications of hundreds of millions of US and overseas citizens has provoked worldwide denunciations.

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World Magazine

Teens do care about privacy, especially from adults

Gina, 15, stood in front of a Starbucks in a mall in Asheville, N.C. In a tank top, shorts, and flip-flops, she talked about social media.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook

GPB.org

Source: Obama Considering Releasing NSA Court Order

NPR has learned that the Obama administration, under pressure to lift a cloak of secrecy, is considering whether to declassify a court order that gives the National Security Agency the power to gather phone call record information on millions of Americans.

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Related Topix: US News, Patriot Act, University of San Francisco

Bangor Daily News

Google to use balloons to provide free Internet access to remote or poor areas

Google technicians prepare a balloon for launch in New Zealand. Google started a pilot program in June 2013 in the Canterbury area of New Zealand with 50 Wi-Fi testers trying to connect to 30 airborne balloons.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, New Zealand Travel, Travel, Pacific Travel, Wireless, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi

Fortune

The race to destroy your data

Silent Circle, an app that allows users to place encrypted phone calls, makes money on paranoia.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Marketing

Fri Jun 14, 2013

InfoWorld

The NSA upshot: We're finally taking Internet privacy seriously

The debate over Snowden's status as PRISM leaker obscures real issue: The reach of the Fourth Amendment in a digital age America's most secret agency found itself in unfamiliar territory this week: the focus of intense scrutiny by the media, Congress, and the public.

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Related Topix: US News, Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Sex Scandal, Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat