"A traffic stop led officers to discover that a Willard man allegedly has been compiling nude photos of patients from the medical facility where he worked."Oh sweet mother of all that is good and holy, can you imagine! A medical facility is the one place I feel safe taking my...
The United States Navy will let women serve on submarines starting in 2011. Female officers will start training for submarine duty next year, but will still not be allowed on attack submarines. According to the...
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"However, organizations that do business in Canada or collect Canadians' personal information should recognize that a corporate office in Chicago will not shield it from the application of Canadian law in Calgary....
Five facebook users from California have filed a civil suit against the social networking site for its use of personal information. The users are claiming that facebook breaks state privacy laws by diseminating personal information to third parties.The lawsuit was filed on...
"Earlier this week, the United States Marine Corps announced an immediate ban on social networking services -- including Facebook, MySpace and the like -- for members of the Marines. Using those sites, as well as Twitter, poses a security threat, according to...
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""As a paper we do believe in effective self-regulation and we don't want a privacy law. When it comes to effective self- regulation, it seems to me it can only work if newspaper groups are truthful and open with the regulators.""What many don't understand is that the UK...
There is a gathering storm in Britain with it's myriad of popular tabloids coming under fire in a fast developing scandal being revealed in The Guardian newspaper..It began in 2003 when the countries all powerful...
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"The Identity Cards Act was introduced during the period of global insecurity following 9/11 – and during what some would say was the paranoia of the era of President Bush and his vice-president Dick Cheney. The rule of law in the US was under constant threat, the Patriot...
"Free and open access to the Internet helped the technology grow and thrive. The political fight to maintain robust access for all has picked up strength in Washington, D.C. That is good news for consumers. The...
"All internet and phone traffic should be recorded to help the fight against terrorism, according to one of the UK's former spy chiefs. Civil rights campaigners have criticised ministers' plans to log details of such contact as "Orwellian". "This debate continues. I believe...
Anyone following this story? It's fascinating to see it unfold. I can't recall a publication ever offering to fund a whistle blowers legal expenses, let alone an online one. I welcome your thoughts:- ...
Another timely reminder that we should all keep in mind: if you put something on the web, particularly on a social network site, be prepared for it to be found by anyone at any time. Privacy settings be damned. "User photographs can still be found on many social networking...
I was personally subjected to one of these virtual scanners at the Los Angeles International (LAX) airport. I was never told they could see through my clothes, neither was I given an option to have a...
A Bill Before Congress would prohibit ownership of handguns by those who have not obtained firearm licenses. See it on Snopes . BLAIR HOLT BILL AKA GUN CONTROL! Snopes won't allow HIGHLIGHTing but it is a good...