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CONSUMER PRIVACY

With the advent of Active RFID tags, VISA and Master Card smart cards and increasing Internet purchases, consumer privacy is more important than ever. Consumers' data must be safeguarded by the companies trusted with using that data to make transactions easier for us.

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Smartphones like Apple's iPhone hold treasure trove of data on users' ...more

transmit location data back to those two companies. "I see a slippery slope," said Sharon Goott Nissim,...

Digits Live Show:Groupon, LivingSocial Get Google As A Rivalmore

Google?s prospects in the daily deals market. Plus, Aaron Rutkoff talks about ?iThievery?. And there?s no end to...

New Revelations Of Google, Apple Smartphone Data Snooping Show Need Fo...more

their data is gathered and how it is used." The Federal Trade Commission's report, " Protecting Consumer...

Apple Tracking Likely a 'Mistake,' Say Researchersmore

and didnt hear back. "The existence of this information -- stored in an unencrypted format -- raises serious...

Bits: Location Apps Generate Privacy Concernsmore

month showed the highest concern about��� location apps. The report says that 59 percent of women reported having...

iPhone data retention raises privacy concernsmore

Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from Apple about why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on...

Mayor Bloomberg wants to put fingerprints on Social Security IDmore

immigrants, leading fewer to enter the country. Critics have said that such a system would raise cost and privacy...

Congressman asks Jobs to respond about consolidated.dbmore

has been a rough week for Apple. Despite announcing record Q2-2011 earnings (again), news broke about a potential...

Impinj aim: raise $100M in IPOmore

Seattle-based Impinj, a technology company that designs and sells RFID chips used for tracking everything from pants to...

What Privacy? Roughly 55% Of Smartphone Users Concerned With Location-...more

According to a report out today by Nielsen, a whopping 59% of females and 52% of males have privacy concerns when it...

Investigators use iPhones to track owners' movementsmore

wide range of mobile surveillance," said Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a...

iPhone Tracks Your Every Move, and There?s a Map for Thatmore

that exploit, but security researchers say there are plenty of vulnerabilities in the wild left unaddressed.

Bits: Location Apps Generate Privacy Concerns, Report Saysmore

month showed the highest concern about��� location apps. The report says that 59 percent of women reported having...

Location Apps Generate Privacy Concerns, Report Saysmore

month showed the highest concern about��� location apps. The report says that 59 percent of women reported having...

Apple IPhone Tracking Is Probably a ���Mistake,��� Researchers Saymore

and didnt hear back. "The existence of this information -- stored in an unencrypted format -- raises serious...

Why and How Apple Is Tracking Your iPhone Location Datamore

on your device permanently. ���What Apple is doing actually puts users very much at risk,��� said Sharon Nissim,...

For-profit colleges adopt conduct codemore

affect home real estate appraisals -- and millions of owners' equity holdings -- nationwide. Senate bill would set...

Privacy groups urge public to push for industry adoption of Google Buz...more

important. We���re not going to let Google off easy here." Google triggered "a huge wave of privacy...

Apple location tracker file: Congressman asks Steve Jobs to explain by...more

track users and whether it's used for commercial purposes. Markey, who has written to Apple over location privacy...

Video: iPhone privacy concernsmore

British researchers say that iPhones and iPads store information on a user's location that potentially makes it...

At Facebook, Obama Goes on Offensivemore

to how it has pushed the envelope on privacy. Lawmakers recently proposed new legislation that would establish a...

iPhone, other new technologies raising privacy concernsmore

What we're following: - Rebels take key border crossing in Western Libya - New police tool raises privacy concerns -...

iSpy: Apple's iPhones can track users' movementsmore

in a hacking attack. "This exposes users to a significant amount of risk," said Sharon Goott Nissim, consumer...

Al Franken takes a bite out of Applemore

Jobs about the issue. "The existence of this information - stored in an unencrypted format - raises serious...

Earlier: Suicide Follows a Secret Webcastmore

also broadcast a message about the posting on his Twitter feed, which has since been taken down. Citing privacy...

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