Privacy & the public interest over Meningitis in the age of AIDS
In the wake of a deadly meningitis scare among gay men in NYC, how to balance privacy vs. the public interest.
We deserve to know which companies track & sell our location and sexual orientation
Under proposed California “Right to Know” law, companies would have to divulge that info and more.
Murdoch’s empire accused of 600 more phone hackings
The Republican Party’s favorite mouthpiece is in trouble again for 600 new allegations of phone-hacking.
Proposed cell phone privacy law in Texas requires warrants
Even a broken Texas is right twice a day.
Credit rating agency Equifax collecting, possibly selling, your salary data and more
In addition to your detailed salary info, Equifax is collecting info on your doctor and unemployment benefits.
Montreal college student expelled after exposing security hole in college’s network
Dawson College refuses to explain why this shouldn’t be perceived as a whistleblower incident.
1/4 of Instagram users may (or may not) have quit since privacy snafu
Multiple sources reported this morning that roughly one quarter of Instagram users had quit the site.
Facebook founder’s anti-privacy sister changes tune after personal photo goes viral
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, who has been critical of Internet privacy, is suddenly a big fan.
Instagram sells your photos, Linkedin checks my email, yet I continue to let them
It’s not outrageous what Instagram is doing. It’s outrageous that most of us simply shrug and accept it.
Instagram just claimed the right to sell your photos to anyone
You won’t get a dime, nor will you even be notified, if Instagram decides to sell your photos to someone else.



