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Google Claims Innocence In Accusations That It Deceptively Collects Student Data
Google GOOGL -2.79% denied accusations that it deceptively tracks and stores student data through its education services on Wednesday in a public post defending …
Blackberry to ‘exit’ Pakistan over data-retention row
Phone-maker Blackberry is to stop operating in Pakistan at the end of 2015 because of government requests to monitor customer data. The Pakistani government …
A study forced people to quit Facebook to see if it made them happier
Can staying off Facebook make you happier? Apparently so. Researchers from the ridiculous-sounding Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen recruited 1,095 daily Facebook users to …
FTC allows selfies to verify parental consent for kids using online services
Rules under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act require websites and online services directed at children to take the consent of the child’s parent …
Tech industry defends encryption amid new questions following Paris attacks
Technology industry groups are pushing back against calls from law enforcement and intelligence officials to give the government more access to encrypted networks following …
Glenn Greenwald: Why the CIA is smearing Edward Snowden after the Paris attacks
Decent people see tragedy and barbarism when viewing a terrorism attack. American politicians and intelligence officials see something else: opportunity. Bodies were still lying …
Mum-of-four first woman JAILED for revenge porn after posting pictures of lesbian lover
Disgraced Samantha Watt took intimate photographs of the 21-year-old while they were in a relationship, including one of the victim performing a sex act …
Saudis to sue Twitter user who called poet’s death sentence ‘ISIS-like’
Saudi Arabia’s justice ministry plans to sue a Twitter user who compared the death sentence handed down on Friday to a Palestinian poet to …
Five strategies for reclaiming our personal privacy online
When Tim Wu published his influential book Master Switch in 2010, he powerfully argued that all communications markets began with a period of creative …
EU wants US companies to report intelligence agency data access requests
The European Union wants U.S. businesses to report when U.S. intelligence agencies request access to data they hold about Europeans; the reporting is one …
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