Jennifer Valentino-DeVries reports: A former Federal Trade Commission employee has filed a complaint with the agency accusing Google Inc. of not adequately protecting the privacy of consumers’ search queries. The complaint was filed September 6 by Christopher Soghoian, who worked until August as a technologist with the FTC’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection. It…
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White House lies says online investigations, privacy can coexist
Aliya Sternstein reports: Civil liberties and national security are at the core of the White House’s cybersecurity agenda, a senior administration official said late Wednesday, amid concerns the FBI’s desire to wiretap the Internet conflicts with protecting personal information on the Internet. “We don’t take the position that this is an either-or situation,” the official…
UK: What we put in our bins is our business – stop this spying
Meanwhile, back in the U.K., more complaints about spying in trash bins leads to an editorial in the Harrow Observer (emphasis added by me): Teams of wheelie bin police began snooping around household rubbish bins in Brent this week. But when does the council take it a step too far and commit an invasion of…
Dept. of Energy: Data Access and Privacy Issues in Smart Grid Technologies
The Dept. of Energy released a report this week on access and privacy issues related to Smart Grid technologies. From the report, the Overview of Data Access and Privacy Concerns: Recognizing and addressing the significant concerns with access to and privacy protection for energy usage data are critical to the development of U.S. Smart Grid policies…