Michael B. Farrell reports: The National Security Agency’s digital snooping may have inflamed a national debate over privacy, but it has been a godsend for a tiny start-up in Cambridge. The company, Sqrrl Data Inc., was founded by six former employees of the spy agency. They had helped build the massive database the NSA uses…
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Facebook $9.5 Million Privacy Accord Let Stand by Court
Greg Stohr reports: The U.S. Supreme Court left intact Facebook Inc. (FB)’s $9.5 million settlement of privacy claims, declining to hear objections that none of the money was being paid to people whose rights were violated. The justices today let stand a federal appeals court decision that upheld the accord, which resolved claims over Facebook’s discarded Beacon advertising program….
Shoppers’ faces to be scanned in advertising push at Tesco petrol stations across the UK
Steve Hawkes reports: The store giant has signed a ground-breaking deal with Lord Alan Sugar’s Amscreen in a move which tonight sparked fresh concerns from privacy campaigners about the growing use of “invasive” techology in the nation’s shops. The ‘OptimEyes’ system will be rolled out into 450 Tesco petrol forecourts, which serve millions of customers…
Ca: Bell TV ‘reprehensible’ for violating man’s privacy
The Federal Court of Canada has ordered Canadian cable giant Bell TV to pay a Beechville, N.S., man $21,000 in damages after the company accessed his credit report without permission. In a ruling this week, the court used harsh language to describe Bell’s conduct, saying the matter was “reprehensible” and chided the company for not…