Elizabeth Montalbano reports: The technology-research arm of the U.S. military has released a new set of privacy principles to guide all of its future R&D projects. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) new principles are aimed at ensuring that any programs that may raise privacy issues are “designed and implemented in a responsible and…
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Ca: Speeding teen convicted after Web boast
Megan O’Toole reports: A Vaughan, Ont., teenager convicted of careless driving after boasting online about his speeding exploits has become the latest cautionary tale for social media users. Vladimir Rigenco, 19, found himself the target of a police probe several months ago, when a U.S. citizen called in a tip stemming from Mr. Rigenco’s post…
Google Gets Rebuke From Privacy Watchdogs for Street View Plans in Germany
Stephanie Bodoni reports: Google Inc. was criticized by Germany data privacy officials over plans to give German property owners a four-week deadline to stop their buildings showing up on the company’s Street View mapping service. […] “Objections should be possible at all times,” Germany’s Federal Commissioner of Data Protection Peter Schaar said on his blog…
InPsych app is a privacy threat – psychologist
Psychologist John Grohol of Psych Central posts this warning on his site: I’m off to attend the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA) in San Diego today, but before I go, I do have two APA-related news items to post. The first is about the APA’s social networking application it deployed for this…