Nancy Gohring reports: A leading privacy researcher is urging companies to say no to government requests for data, arguing that it’s good for business. “Or rather, saying yes can be really bad for business,” said Chris Soghoian, an Indiana University PhD candidate and security and privacy researcher. Speaking on Monday at a Law Seminars International…
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Would You Buy a Used Car Identity Theft Protection Service from This Man?
Ray Sterns of Phoenix New Times has really been digging into LifeLock’s assurances that their service will protect you from ID theft. Back in 2007, the paper had exposed that the company’s co-founder, Robert J. Maynard Jr., had a somewhat less than stellar past and the company’s claims that he had been an ID theft…
Google Faces German Deadline on Street View Data (Update1)
Kristen Schweizer and Claudia Rach report: Google Inc., the owner of the world’s largest search engine, was asked by Germany to provide details by May 26 on data it erroneously gathered for the Street View mapping service, deepening its European woes. “We need to see the used software to understand what was really saved,” Johannes…
Google set for probes on data harvesting
Joseph Menn and Daniel Schäfer report: Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic on Monday moved towards investigating Google following the internet group’s disclosure that it had recorded communications sent over unsecured wireless networks in people’s homes. Peter Schaar, the German commissioner for data protection, called for a “detailed probe” by independent authorities into the…