Declan McCullagh reports: Two congressmen are trying to pry information out of wireless carriers about how closely they track their customers’ whereabouts. Letters sent to AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile this week ask what personally identifiable information is stored, how long it is kept, and for what other purposes it’s used. Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)…
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European Privacy Law Comes to America Via FTC’s Google Order
Nathan Newman writes: This probably will give the Tea Party types a heart attack but European privacy law has come to America via the FTC order last week. One key part of the order imposed on Google was the FTC’s press statement that: this is the first time the FTC has alleged violations of the substantive…
Swiss: Google Street View must guarantee anonymity
From Associated Press: A Swiss court has ruled that Google Inc. must guarantee anonymity before publishing faces and license plates in its Street View service in Switzerland. A ruling published Monday by the Swiss Federal Administrative Court affects any new ground-level pictures that the popular Internet search engine publishes. Read more on Metro.
Rogue Android app sent personal info to legit version’s developer, claims AVAST
Gregg Keizer reports: A malicious Android app that shamed users for pirating software transmitted personal information to a URL controlled by the legitimate app’s developer, a security company said today. The developer of “Walk and Text,” the app whose code was recompiled and re-released on unauthorized online stores, denied the claim by AVAST Software, an…