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Privacy & the public interest over Meningitis in the age of AIDS

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In the wake of a deadly meningitis scare among gay men in NYC, how to balance privacy vs. the public interest.
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We deserve to know which companies track & sell our location and sexual orientation

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Under proposed California “Right to Know” law, companies would have to divulge that info and more.
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Murdoch’s empire accused of 600 more phone hackings

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The Republican Party’s favorite mouthpiece is in trouble again for 600 new allegations of phone-hacking.
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Proposed cell phone privacy law in Texas requires warrants

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Even a broken Texas is right twice a day.
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Credit rating agency Equifax collecting, possibly selling, your salary data and more

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In addition to your detailed salary info, Equifax is collecting info on your doctor and unemployment benefits.
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Montreal college student expelled after exposing security hole in college’s network

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Dawson College refuses to explain why this shouldn’t be perceived as a whistleblower incident.
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1/4 of Instagram users may (or may not) have quit since privacy snafu

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Multiple sources reported this morning that roughly one quarter of Instagram users had quit the site.
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Facebook founder’s anti-privacy sister changes tune after personal photo goes viral

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, who has been critical of Internet privacy, is suddenly a big fan.
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Instagram sells your photos, Linkedin checks my email, yet I continue to let them

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It’s not outrageous what Instagram is doing. It’s outrageous that most of us simply shrug and accept it.
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Instagram just claimed the right to sell your photos to anyone

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You won’t get a dime, nor will you even be notified, if Instagram decides to sell your photos to someone else.
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