It’s now being reported that Google has negotiated a deal with the FTC to settle charges of illegally bypassing privacy settings on users using the Safari browser. According to the Guardian: The Wall Street Journal reports that the FTC and Google are close to agreeing a settlement over the privacy breach, in which Google circumvented Apple‘s protections [...]
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that police violate the Fourth Amendment when they attach a physical GPS device to a suspect’s car in order to track it when they don’t have a warrant. But the court divided five-four on the reasoning on the case. Five judges, led by Justice Scalia, emphasized that [...]
As consumers load more pictures onto the Internet, it means that new facial recognition technology can suddenly piece together your activities all that easier. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission yesterday asking them to investigate the “privacy and security implications of facial recognition technology.” [...]
