The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on a proposed safe harbor program that the kidSAFE Seal Program has submitted for Commission approval under the agency’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule. The Rule includes a “safe harbor” provision designed to encourage increased industry self-regulation in this area. Under this provision, industry groups and others…
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‘Follow the Money’: NSA Spies on International Payments
The United States’ NSA intelligence agency is interested in international payments processed by companies including Visa, SPIEGEL has learned. It has even set up its own financial database to track money flows through a “tailored access operations” division. Read more on Spiegel Online.
Tri-City hockey crowds to be taped for U.S. security research
Annette Cary reports: Hockey fans at the season opener of the Tri-City Americans will have a chance to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security improve its facial recognition capabilities. Video will be taped by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at the Sept. 21 game in a portion of the Toyota Center in Kennewick. It is…
FBI admits what we all suspected: It compromised Freedom Hosting’s Tor servers
Cyrus Farivar writes: In an Irish court on Thursday, a FBI agent admitted publicly for the first time that the agency had control of a Tor hidden service operator’s company, Freedom Hosting, for a period of time. It had been widely suspected that the FBI or another American law enforcement agency used a particular Tor…