MaryAnn Spoto reports: Beware, all you cheating husbands and wives. The use of a GPS device to track your whereabouts is not an invasion of privacy in New Jersey, a state appellate court panel ruled today. Based on the battle of a divorcing Gloucester County couple, the decision helps clarify the rules governing a technology…
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Groupon changes privacy statement, merchants have free reign
Meghan Kelly reports: Deals giant, Groupon, e-mailed its users Saturday to announce changes to its Privacy Statement. The changes are aimed to bring more transparency to Groupon, as well as make the language more accessible to the general public. Notable changes include the redefinition of “personal information” collected by Groupon. Since the inception of “Now! Deals”, the…
Harvard Researchers Accused of Breaching Students’ Privacy
Marc Parry writes: In 2006, Harvard sociologists struck a mother lode of social-science data, offering a new way to answer big questions about how race and cultural tastes affect relationships. The source: some 1,700 Facebook profiles, downloaded from an entire class of students at an “anonymous” university, that could reveal how friendships and interests evolve…
Privacy International: Why we work on refugee privacy
Few understand why we focus on refugee privacy. Funders don’t understand it so don’t fund it; the public see the plight of refugees as seen on TV, not as a privacy issue; and often times the international community does everything it can to increase scrutiny of refugees. In this article, we highlight the privacy issues…