Cyrus Farivar reports: Internet users across Sweden may soon have a little more anonymity online as this week, members of Sweden’s controversial Pirate Party launched the Pirate ISP, or internet service provider. The company would be just like any other internet service provider, except that its leaders say that their service would offer more anonymity…
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CT AG Wants Answers on Google Street View Snooping
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today on behalf of the executive committee of a 38-state coalition asked Google whether it tested its Street View software before use — which should have revealed that the program collected data transmitted over wireless computer networks. Google has acknowledged unauthorized collection of data — possibly including emails, passwords, web browsing…
Spokeo sued for selling individuals’ financial, personal data
A Washington, D.C. resident has filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court against a website which is allegedly selling financial and personal information about individuals without their consent. In the proposed class-action lawsuit, Tom Robins alleges that Spokeo.com violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by collecting data from online and traditional…
Real ID Online? New Federal Online Identity Plan Raises Privacy and Free Speech Concerns
Lee Tien and Seth Schoen comment: The White House recently released a draft of a troubling plan titled “National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace” (NSTIC). In previous iterations, the project was known as the “National Strategy for Secure Online Transactions” and emphasized, reasonably, the private sector’s development of technologies to secure sensitive online transactions….