Brian X. Chen reports: Apple introduced a pop-up window for iPhones in April that asks people for their permission to be tracked by different apps. Google recently outlined plans to disable a tracking technology in its Chrome web browser. And Facebook said last month that hundreds of its engineers were working on a new method of showing ads without relying on…
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Should you get paid when websites record your mouse clicks? Here’s what a judge said
Ron Hurtibise reports: It looks like Florida internet users won’t be getting paid for visiting commercial websites that track their mouse clicks and keystrokes. Activity tracking software used by wholesale club Costco did not violate a state law barring wiretapping because it doesn’t intercept any “content,” a federal judge in Fort Lauderdale has ruled. Similar…
CBS4 Investigates: Miami Hospital Dealing With Invasion Of Privacy Issue, Disturbing Photos Of NICU Baby Posted On Nurse Sierra Samuels’ Social Media
Brooke Shafer reports: Jackson Memorial Hospital is dealing with a disturbing invasion of privacy issue after pictures of a baby born with a birth defect in their neonatal intensive care unit were posted on an employee’s social media account. Jackson Health System said that the employee is now on administrative leave. Read more on CBS4….
The detective in your DMs: Massachusetts appeal takes aim at police trawling social media, while L.A. cops are told to collect even MORE data
Thomas F. Harrison reports: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struggled Wednesday to figure out whether police can use trickery to conduct unlimited surveillance of social media accounts even if they have no reason to think that anyone did anything wrong. The justices seemed to think that officers can generally conduct undercover operations but they were…