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- Don't Look Now, but Google's Following You
IT World; July 11, 2010
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- Google Escapes With Apology in Australia, May Not Be So Lucky Elsewhere
GigaOM; July 9, 2010
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- Google Agrees to Assess Privacy of Street View Data Collected in Australia
Bloomberg; July 9, 2010
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- Google to resume gathering map data in 4 countries
Reuters; July 9, 2010
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- Australia: Google Street View broke privacy law
Associated Press; July 9, 2010
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- Facebook Faces Fine From German Privacy Regulator
IDG News Service; July 8, 2010
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- Google's Wi-Fi snoop prompts Early Day Motion
Register; June 29, 2010
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- Privacy watchdogs: Silence isn't cookie consent
Register; June 28, 2010
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- German Regulators Welcome Street Panorama Privacy Law Draft
IDG News Service; June 28, 2010
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- Europe Pushes Google to Turn Over Wi-Fi Data
New York Times; June 27, 2010
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- Google Isn't Just Reading Your Links, It's Now Running Your Code
Forbes; June 25, 2010
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- UK told to strengthen data protection, again
Register; June 25, 2010
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- Will your cell phone give you away?
Politico; June 24, 2010
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- Location Privacy for Mobile Marketing: Time for Congress/FTC/States to Protect Consumers
Digital Destiny; June 24, 2010
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- Street View services face tough constraints in Germany
Deutsche Welle; June 24, 2010
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- German Interior Minister Navigates Muddy Internet Waters
Spiegel Online; June 23, 2010
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- The clash of data civilisations
The Economist; June 23, 2010
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- UK police begin investigating Google Wi-Fi data capture
The Guardian; June 22, 2010
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- What Could Google Do With the Data It's Collected?
The Atlantic; June 22, 2010
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- Apple: Here’s How to Opt Out of Our Targeted Ads (But Not Our Location Tracking)
All Things Digital; June 21, 2010
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- Privacy Does Matter
Huffington Post, June 21, 2010
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- Connecticut to Lead Multistate Probe of Google
Wall Street Journal; June 21, 2010
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- No Harm, Big Foul: Google Intercepted Passwords and E-Mail Extracts
All Things Digital – Digital Daily; June 21, 2010
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- French find e-mail passwords in Google Street View data
BBC News; June 21, 2010
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- Blumenthal Questions Google's Data-Gathering Activities: Video
Bloomberg; June 21, 2010
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- Coakley demands answers from Google on its data collection
Boston Herald; June 18, 2010
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- FCC in move to regulate internet
Financial Times; June 18, 2010
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- Google Street View Wi-Fi Data Included Passwords and E-Mail
IDG News Service; June 18, 2010
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- French probe Google over privacy
Bloomberg; June 18, 2010
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- Illinois Attorney General investigates Google privacy concerns
Associated Press; June 17, 2010
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- Googlegate: Mapping a scandal of global proportions
Register; June 17, 2010
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- Website owners lobby against bill
Politico; June 16, 2010
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- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo probing whether Google's Streets View project violates privacy
New York Daily News; June 16, 2010
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- Google Wi-Fi Data Collection Discussed by 30 Attorneys General
Bloomberg; June 16, 2010
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- States Discussing Joint Investigation of Google’s Wi-Fi Data Collection
New York Times - Bits Blog; June 15, 2010
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- Google tells lawmakers it never used Wi-Fi data
Associated Press; June 11, 2010
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- Google letter to lawmakers: 'Sorry' for Wi-Fi breach, downplays harms
Hillicon Valley; June 11, 2010
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- Web Watchdogs Dig for Privacy Flaws, Bark Loud
Wall Street Journal; June 10, 2010
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- Google Seeks Consolidation of Wi-Fi Snooping Cases
IDG News Service; June 10, 2010
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- Barton Says He Wants To Work On Privacy Bill
National Journal – Tech Daily Dose; June 9, 2010
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- Could This Be Google's Privacy Moment?
MediaPost; June 9, 2010
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- New Zealand Also Probes Google
Wall Street Journal; June 9, 2010
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- Former Prosecutor: Google Wi-Fi Snafu ‘Likely’ Illegal
Wired – Threat Level; June 8, 2010
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- Google denies capturing banking details
The Australian; June 8, 2010
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- HK Privacy Commissioner: Google Ceases Using Street View Mapping Cars In HK
Dow Jones News Service; June 8, 2010
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- Connecticut Investigates Google's Use of Private Data
Dow Jones News Service; June 7, 2010
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- Attorney-General orders Google investigation
Australia Financial Review; June 7, 2010
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- Is your privacy secure online? There's no way to tell
LA Times; June 6, 2010
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- Missouri AG Looks Into Google Wi-Fi Mess
IDG News Service; June 5, 2010
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- Google übergibt abgefischte Daten den Behörden
FAZ.net; June 04, 2010
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- Lawsuits Over Google Wi-Fi Sniffing Pile On
IDG News Service; June 4, 2010
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- Google to Share Intercepted Data With Regulators
Wall Street Journal; June 4, 2010
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- Zuckerberg says Facebook will keep sharing data
Financial Times; June 3, 2010
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- Google to hand over intercepted data
Financial Times; June 3, 2010
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- House panel presses Facebook, Google on privacy
Cnet; June 1, 2010
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- Google mapped Britain's all WiFi networks
Economic Times; June 1, 2010
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- Privacy commissioner probing Google over Wi-Fi data
CBC News; June 1, 2010
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- Privacy Commissioner investigates Google WiFi data collection
Office of Privacy: Commissioner of Canada; June 1, 2010
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- Privacy class action in offing for Google
The Australian; May 29, 2010
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- FTC asks Google not to destroy documents about collecting Wi-Fi data
LA Times; May 28, 2010
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- Google Balks at Turning Over Data to Regulators
New York Times; May 27, 2010
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- Zuckerberg: It’s Not About the Ads!
GigaOM; May 26, 2010
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- Stephen Conroy accuses Google of biggest privacy breach in Western world
The Australian; May 26, 2010
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- Google Hit With Another Class Action Suit Over Stored Wi-Fi Data (GOOG)
Business Insider; May 25, 2010
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- Privacy is precious and we should protect it
Guardian; May 23, 2010
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- Google halts deletion of Street View Wi-Fi data
Register; May 21, 2010
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- The free digital lunch is over. Now we pay with our lives
Guardian Blog; May 20, 2010
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- UK activists warns Google on erasing data
Financial Times; May 20, 2010
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- Google Street View Privacy Probes Widen Across Europe (Update1)
Bloomberg; May 20, 2010
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- Internet browsers track web history, warns privacy group
Telegraph; May 18, 2010
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- Google set for probes on data harvesting
Financial Times; May 17, 2010
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- Google Says It Collected Private Data by Mistake
New York Times; May 14, 2010
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- Europe Chastises Facebook Over Default Privacy Settings
IDG News Service; May 13, 2010
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- Please explain: why Google wants your Wi-Fi data
Sydney Morning Herald; May 13, 2010
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- Google Urged to Bring Street View in Line With EU Law (Update1)
Bloomberg; May 11, 2010
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- Google answers privacy questions posed by commissioners
BBC News; May 11, 2010
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- Google Offers Lip Service Response to Privacy Commissioners
ReadWriteWeb; May 10, 2010
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- FCC Web Rules Create Pushback
Wall Street Journal; May 6, 2010
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- Exclusive: Gmail Ditched By Major University
Information Week; May 5, 2010
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- Consumer Groups Say Proposed Privacy Bill Is Flawed
New York Times; May 4, 2010
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- Lawmakers Draft Web-Ad Privacy Safeguards
Wall Street Journal; May 4, 2010
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- Privacy Concerns Limit Online Ads, Study Says
New York Times Bits; April 30, 2010
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- Online privacy: the information you didn’t realize you were sharing (and how to remove it)
Independent; April 29, 2010
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- New Questions Over Google’s Street View in Germany
New York Times; April 29, 2010
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- Jennifer Stoddart blazes a global trail for privacy protection
The Globe and Mail; April 27, 2010
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- Sens. press Facebook on giving data to advertisers
Washington Post; April 27, 2010
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- Word War III: Google vs. Governments
Wired.co.uk; April 23, 2010
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- 'Unacceptable' Information Policy
Spiegel Online; April 26, 2010
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- Is Google the New Rome?
Computer World; April 22, 2010
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- Privacy chiefs keep watch over Facebook
Reuters; April 22, 2010
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- Ten countries urge privacy changes at Google
Reuters; April 20, 2010
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- Gov't Regulators Slam Google's Privacy Efforts
IDG News Service; April 20, 2010
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- Google backs Yahoo in privacy fight with DOJ
CNET; April 13, 2010
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- FTC urged investigate Google, Yahoo ad exchanges
MarketWatch; April 8, 2010
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- Technology Coalition Seeks Stronger Privacy Laws
New York Times; March 30, 2010
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- Lawmakers Seek Investigation Of Google Buzz
Media Post; March 29, 2010
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- European privacy battle looms for Facebook, Google
Associated Press; March 24, 2010
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- How Privacy Vanishes Online
New York Times; March 16, 2010
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- Google May Review EU Drives, Won’t Drop Street View
Bloomberg; March 3, 2010
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- Defending Privacy: German High Court Limits Phone and E-Mail Data Storage
Der Spiegel; March 2, 2010
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- When American and European Ideas of Privacy Collide
New York Times; February 26, 2010
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- Google's Buzz disregards privacy, says German minister
Deutsche Welle; February 22, 2010
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- Privacy, complexity seen as Google blind spots
San Francisco Chronicle; February 21, 2010
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- Google: Unease over antisocial networking
Financial Times; February 19, 2010
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- German Minister Takes on Google Street View
Spiegel Online; February 8, 2010
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- FTC To Silicon Valley: Tech Companies Should Protect Consumer Data
Forbes; January 28, 2010
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- A Little ‘i’ to Teach About Online Privacy
New York Times; January 26, 2010
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- Google Keeps Privacy Snafu Too Quiet For Too Long
Media Post; January 26, 2010
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- Other people's privacy
Rough Type: Nick Carr’s Blog; January 17, 2010
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- Google races to speed up the Web
IDG News Service; December 21, 2009
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- The Brewing Privacy Storm
John Battelle's Search Blog; December 14, 2009
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- Mozilla exec suggests Firefox users move to Bing, cites Google privacy stance
Computerworld; December 10, 2009
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- Facebook Redraws Site's Privacy Boundaries
Reuters; December 9, 2009
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- Groups Far Apart on Online Privacy Oversight
New York Times; December 7, 2009
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- Web ad group launches privacy education campaign
Associated Press; December 3, 2009
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- Protecting Offline Privacy
Wall Street Journal; November 19, 2009
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- Google Street View Faces Swiss Legal Challenge
Associated Press; November 13, 2009
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- Search me
The Economist; November 13, 2009
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- Google, Microsoft ‘Strongly’ Urged to Limit Search Data Storage
Bloomberg; November 6, 2009
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- Google Offers Users a Peek at Stored Data
New York Times Bits; November 5, 2009
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- Google removes Google Voice messages from search results
The Daily Telegraph; October 20, 2009
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- When 2+2 Equals a Privacy Question
The New York Times; October 17, 2009
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- OFT casts a wide net for online privacy
Financial Times; October 17, 2009
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- Behavioural targeting: users resent being tracked online
Revolution Magazine; October 13, 2009
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- Future of internet has dangers for privacy, Brussels warns
EU Observer; October 7, 2009
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- Facebook Sets Deal to Provide Ad Data to Nielsen
The Wall Street Journal; September 23, 2009
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- Tech Companies Push to Digitize Patients’ Records
The New York Times; September 10, 2009
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- As privacy law looms, online advertising may see setback
MarketWatch; September 1, 2009
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- Gericht kippt Nutzungsbedingungen von Google („Court ruling overthrows Google’s user terms“)
Die Welt; August 27, 2009
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- Google Book Search: Protecting Privacy as the Library Moves Online
ABC News; August 27, 2009
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- Do Consumers Care About Web Privacy?
Ad Age; August 24, 2009
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- Privacy Plan for Federal Web Sites Gets Mixed Reviews
New York Times Bits Blog; August 11, 2009
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- I wouldn’t trust Google with my personal info
The Times; July 27, 2009
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- Advocates Ask Google for Privacy Guarantees in Online Library
New York Times Bits Blog; July 23, 2009
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- LA's computer overhaul opens privacy debate
Associated Press; July 16, 2009
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- BT drops Phorm targeted ad service after customers cry foul over privacy
The Guardian; July 6, 2009
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- Ethics could sink Tory plan for Google or Microsoft health records
The Times; July 6, 2009
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- Facebook hires lobbyists to push privacy agenda
The Guardian; June 26, 2009
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- EU Advisory Group Proposes Tighter Privacy Regulation On Social Networks
TechCrunch; June 24, 2009
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- Lawmakers Blast Internet Data Collection
Wall Street Journal; June 19, 2009
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- Google Bows to German Data Privacy Demands
Der Spiegel; June 18, 2009
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- Google eyeballs planted on 92% of top websites
The Register; June 3, 2009
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- The Obama Administration’s Silence on Privacy
New York Times Bits Blog; June 3, 2009
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- Google Threatened With Sanctions Over Photo Mapping Service in Germany
New York Times; May 20, 2009
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- Greece bans Google Street View
The Times; May 13, 2009
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- What Google knows about you
ComputerWorld; May 11, 2009
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- Google auto-links YouTube, Google accounts: The expanding eyeball
The Register; May 7, 2009
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- AT&T Queried on Targeting Ads
Wall Street Journal; April 26, 2009
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- The Sorry State Of Online Privacy
TechCrunch; April 26, 2009
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- Are we mad to allow Big Brother Google to take over the world?
Daily Mail; April 25, 2009
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- All clear for Google Street View
BBC News; April 23, 2009
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- AT&T Backs Privacy Rules
Wall Street Journal; April 22, 2009
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- Wikipedia latest to reject Phorm 'snooping' technology
The Times; April 21, 2009
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- A deeper peeper
Financial Times; April 15, 2009
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- EU to sue Britain over Internet privacy
Associated Press; April 14, 2009
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- Google Street View does not breach privacy laws
The Guardian; April 12, 2009
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- A clear potential for danger
The Times; April 9, 2009
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- Canadians' faces to be blurred in Google's new Street View panoramas
Canadian Press; April 7, 2009
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- The end of privacy?
The Guardian; April 2, 2009
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- EU warns companies on protecting internet users' privacy
EU Observer; March 31, 2009
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- Online Privacy
Financial Times Tech Blog; March 27, 2009
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- Online Advertisers Should Tread Carefully With Latest Advances
Washington Post; March 26, 2009
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- Call to 'shut down' Street View
BBC; March 24, 2009
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- Google behavioral ads tap DoubleClick eyeball
The Register; March 23, 2009
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- Google Inquiry Sought Over Privacy Concerns
Wall Street Journal; March 18, 2009
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- Google Stands To Gain From Capital Connections
National Journal; March 17, 2009
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- Web founder's 'snooping' warning
BBC News; March 12, 2009
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- U.S. privacy bill on Internet companies coming
Reuters; March 12, 2009
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- Google serves up behavioural ads
BBC News; March 11, 2009
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- Google under EU scrutiny for YouTube privacy policy
EurActiv; March 10, 2009
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- Privacy Proponents Ask FTC To Focus On Consumer Rights
Media Post; March 10, 2009
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- White House Denies Shunning YouTube
New York Times Bits Blog; March 2, 2009
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- White House ditches YouTube after privacy complaints
CNET; March 2, 2009
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- Does Cloud Computing Mean More Risks to Privacy?
New York Times Bits Blog; February 23, 2009
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- Privates ist im Internet nicht richtig sicher (“Privacy cannot be truly protected online”)
Die Welt; February 22, 2009
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- Whose data is it anyway?
BBC; February 20, 2009
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- Google wins Street View privacy suit
CNET; February 18, 2009
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- The Cellphone, Navigating Our Lives
New York Times; February 17, 2009
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- Google Tracker Appeals to Facebook Crowd, Spurs Privacy Worries
Bloomberg; February 16, 2009
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- As Data Collecting Grows, Privacy Erodes
New York Times; February 15, 2009
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- Agency Skeptical of Internet Privacy Policies
New York Times; February 13, 2009
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- Google's G1 phone makes it easy to track surfing habits
USA Today; February 9, 2009
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- How Web Searches Can Destroy Your Privacy
Parade; February 8, 2009
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- Privacy fears over Google tracker
BBC; February 5, 2009
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- Privacy Concerns Raised By Cookie Use in Gov't Site Videos
ComputerWorld; January 28, 2009
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- What the Web knows about you
ComputerWorld; January 27, 2009
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- White House acts to limit YouTube cookie tracking
CNET; January 23, 2009
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- Online Privacy Decisions Confront Obama
Washington Post, January 13, 2009
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- Spies in Your Mobile Phone
BusinessWeek, January 13, 2009
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- Privacy Groups’ Mobile-Ad Complaint May Test Obama (Update2)
Bloomberg, January 13, 2009
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- Firefox team stops collecting data to ensure user privacy
ZDNet, January 9, 2009