Tom Hays of Associated Press reports: A law enforcement official says the FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims. The official spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. Read more on…
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Rumor About NSA-Google Alliance to Stay Just That
Nick McCann reports: The National Security Agency does not have to disclose its relationship with Google amid press reports that the two partnered up after hackers in China launched a cyber attack on the U.S. government, a federal judge in Washington ruled. In February 2010, the Electronic Privacy Information Center requested a number of communications…
Capitalizing on Privacy Practices – Study Indicates Consumers Will Pay for Privacy
Nicole Friess writes: Consumers are more likely to purchase products from online retailers who are protective of consumer privacy, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. The study, entitled “The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study” found that the availability and accessibility of information regarding online retailers’ privacy practices can affect…
Kr: Apple may face class action over tracking
Did you know that Apple lost a court judgement in South Korea recently that required it to pay because of inadequate security protection of data? What they paid was not particularly significant but that they lost in a South Korean court may be a harbinger of things to come: A lawyer here announced Thursday that…