Robert McMillan reports that FBI Director Robert Mueller stopped using online banking after nearly falling prey to a phishing scheme: Though he stopped before handing over any sensitive information, the incident put an end to Mueller’s online banking. “After changing our passwords, I tried to pass the incident off to my wife … as a…
The Privacy Projects launches to fund ‘evidence-based’ privacy research
Mobile devices, cloud computing and global business partnerships enabled by the Internet and other network services have redrawn the map of the global flow of personal information. Technology will continue to drive simple services built on these complex systems, pushing the balance between using and protecting personal data “to the breaking point,” according to Richard…
Google, authors and publishers get a month to fix settlement
Juan Carlos Perez reports: Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers have been given one more month to rework their agreement to settle copyright infringement lawsuits that the author and publisher groups filed against the search company. At a status hearing today, Judge Denny Chin told the parties they have until Nov….
Lawsuit challenges California’s mandatory DNA collection at arrest
A lawsuit filed today by the ACLU of Northern California seeks to stop California’s policy of mandating that DNA is collected from anyone arrested for a felony, whether or not they are ever charged or convicted. The ACLU opposes this law because it violates constitutional guarantees of privacy and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure,…