Swati Khandelwal reports: Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov was shot dead by an off-duty police officer in Ankara on December 19 when the ambassador was giving a speech at an art gallery. The shooter managed to pretend himself as his official bodyguard and later shot to death by Turkish special forces. After this shocking incident, Apple…
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Digital Advertising Company Settles FTC Charges It Deceptively Tracked Consumers Both Online and Through Their Mobile Devices
Turn Inc., a Redwood City, California company that enables sellers to target digital advertisements to consumers, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by tracking them online and through their mobile applications, even after consumers took steps to opt out of such tracking. “Turn tracked millions of consumers online and…
Yukon gov’t denies asking doctors for complete medical files
There’s a response/follow-up to allegations that the Yukon government was improperly demanding sensitive patient information. Nancy Thomson reports: Shauna Demers, director of Insured Health Services with the Yukon government, says that’s not true. “We do not and never have asked for complete files. Insured health services does not request and has never received a complete medical file…
Editorial: Florida values cash more than privacy in selling driver information
From an editorial in the Tampa Bay Times: In a four-month investigation, Tampa TV station WTVT-Fox 13 found that the DHSMV sells private driver records in bulk to more than 75 companies, despite federal and state laws deeming the information confidential. The federal Driver Privacy Protection Act, passed in 1994, says state motor vehicle agencies cannot…