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InternetNews February 9, 2006 Roy Mark	IM, E-Mail Identities Hot on The Net Online data brokers are selling far more than personal telephone records, including the actual names, addresses and phone numbers of instant messaging users and those registered with dating sites, such as Match.com.
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InternetNews March 2, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Rocks Phone Record Thieves The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation today aimed at curbing the sale of online black market telephone records.
InternetNews February 6, 2006 Roy Mark	House Has Eyes on Black Market Data Sites The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee demands to know source of phone records for sale on Internet.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Roy Mark	EPIC Petition Catches FCC's Attention The Federal Communications Commission expects to open a proceeding next Friday on imposing stricter security standards for telephone carriers' handling of consumers' personal data.
InternetNews February 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Are Carriers Doing Enough to Protect Consumer Data? The Federal Communications Commission launches a new inquiry into security practices of telephone companies.
InternetNews August 24, 2006 Roy Mark	AT&T After 'John Doe' Data Brokers New legal tactics aim to curb data brokers gaining unauthorized access to confidential phone records.
InternetNews January 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Capitol Hill Roiling Over Online Phone Records The furor over online data brokers selling personal telephone data continues to roil on Capitol Hill with a House panel now demanding to know when the Federal Communications Commission will complete its investigation.
InternetNews March 8, 2006 Roy Mark	Second Phone Data Privacy Bill Approved Targeting both telephone data brokers and telecoms, a House panel today approved legislation that bans the sale, lease or rental of confidential telephone records.
Information Today August 11, 2008 George H. Pike	CriminalSearches.com Offers Free Access to Criminal Records It recently has become much easier to find out whether your daughter's boyfriend or your new neighbor has a criminal record.
InternetNews December 17, 2009	Privacy Groups Call Facebook's Changes Illegal Facebook's site-wide privacy changes draw ire from privacy watchdogs who are calling for a federal investigation.
InternetNews May 3, 2006 Roy Mark	FTC Sues Sites Selling Phone Records Five Internet sites selling confidential phone records became the target of Federal Trade Commission lawsuits Wednesday.
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Roy Mark	Internet Pretexter Dials Up FTC Settlement Deal bars Information Search from pretexting and selling consumers' personal phone records.
InternetNews May 29, 2007 Roy Mark	Google-DoubleClick Merger Up For FTC Review The Federal Trade Commission plans to investigate any antitrust implications of Google's proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of online advertising firm DoubleClick.
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InternetNews March 10, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Do You Know Who Owns Your Info? Identity theft of all kinds is a major concern to consumers, as well as Congress. The irony is that in the case of ChoicePoint and Seisint, the "theft" consists of people using the data bureau's information without paying for it.
InternetNews June 5, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	FTC Shutters 'Rogue' ISP, Settles Spyware Case The Federal Trade Commission has put the kibosh on an ISP it says was a front for overseas criminals, and settled its complaint against Sears' use of tracking software.
National Defense March 2008 Ifrah & Kardell	Are You Prepared for A Government Probe? Government investigations are on the rise in the healthcare, defense, energy and insurance sectors. Agents from all levels of government have greater investigatory power through more inter-agency coordination and resource sharing.
InternetNews January 21, 2005 Roy Mark	FBI Abandons Carnivore New FOIA documents show that feds haven't used once controversial e-mail snooping system in two years.
InternetNews June 22, 2006 Clint Boulton	Two FTC Laptops Stolen The Federal Trade Commission today said two if its attorneys' laptops containing the personal information of 110 people were stolen from a locked vehicle last week.
AskMen.com October 8, 2003 Steve Richer	How To: Hire A Private Investigator PIs don't spend their days dangling from helicopters or having shootouts with criminals. Most of the time, they work out of an office, and a telephone is their weapon of choice. However, here are some things they can help you with.
PC World June 1, 2000 Daniel Tynan	Privacy 2000: In Web We Trust? In the real world, nobody knows what TV commercials you watch or which sitcoms you surf. When you go strolling through the mall, no one's making note of the stores you visit or the clothes you try on. But on the Internet, Web sites are doing all of this and more. And that makes some people mad as hell.
Salon.com November 2, 1999 Maura Kelly	Is the Net in your locker room? Privacy abuses abound on the Internet -- but so far, the government doesn't appear to care.
CIO January 1, 2002 Stephanie Viscasillas	Privacy Versus the FBI The antiterrorism law President Bush signed in late October makes it easier for officials investigating potential terrorist activity to get court orders to search companies' business records. It is important to take that into account in your privacy policy.
Searcher April 2001 Carol Ebbinghouse	You Have Been Misinformed - Now What?: Attacking Dangerous Data If you have already been the victim of fraudulent information, omission of information, misinformation, or fraud on the Internet, it is small consolation that there were ways to have prevented damages -- even if only to your pride...
InternetNews March 13, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	The Privacy Debate Beyond Google-DoubleClick The debate over consumer privacy and behavioral targeting in online advertising is far from over.
InternetNews September 28, 2006 Roy Mark	Dunn Distances Herself from HP Probe Tactics Former Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn plans to tell Congress today she only learned pretexting was used in a company investigation of boardroom media leaks until after the probe concluded.
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InternetNews April 3, 2007 Roy Mark	FTC Approves Final Guidance Settlement Guidance Software's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission became official today, almost five months after the Pasadena, Calif.-based computer forensics specialist admitted it did not adequately protect customer data.
Bank Systems & Technology September 30, 2006 K.C. Jones	Bank to Pay $50 Million for Buying Personal Data Fidelity Federal Bank and Trust has been ordered to pay a $50 million settlement for buying more than half a million names and addresses from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
InternetNews June 15, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	FTC to Investigate Microsoft, Yahoo Ad Buys The FTC is conducting a review of Microsoft's $6 billion bid for aQuantive.
InternetNews March 9, 2006 Roy Mark	Phone Data Privacy Bill Heats Up in Senate Momentum for a telephone data privacy bill began building in the U.S. Senate Wednesday, with Sen. George Allen introducing legislation to outlaw the acquiring, selling or soliciting of someone else's phone records without their express consent.
InternetNews December 18, 2007 Kenneth Corbin	Pressure Mounts on Google/DoubleClick With a decision from the Federal Trade Commission on the Google/DoubleClick merger imminent, two groups warning of privacy concerns with the combined company are ramping up their efforts to stamp privacy measures on the deal.
InternetNews September 7, 2010	Google Faces Heat Over Privacy Tweaks A move to reduce legalese has one privacy advocacy group up in arms.
Information Today April 21, 2011 George H. Pike	House and Senate Propose Online Privacy 'Bill of Rights' Legislation The face of online privacy could change dramatically if legislation recently introduced in Congress becomes law.
Information Today September 18, 2008	Courtport.com Portal Launches as Successor to LegalDockets.com Courtport is a public record portal designed for law librarians, paralegals, attorneys, investigators, and other professional researchers to complete due diligence on individuals and businesses.
InternetNews November 16, 2006 Roy Mark	Guidance Software Settles With FTC Guidance Software agreed Thursday to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the computer forensics specialist did not take reasonable security measures to protect sensitive customer data.
InternetNews October 5, 2006 Clint Boulton	FTC Cracks Down on Internet Pretexter The Federal Trade Commission made it clear today that it won't tolerate any pretexting, barring an online business from advertising and selling consumers' phone and credit card account records to third parties.
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 Michael Orey	Corporate Snoops As the HP scandal shows, some gumshoes will do what most executives either can't or won't.
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Information Today March 29, 2012	FTC Recommends Best Practices for Consumer Privacy Protection The final report sets forth best practices for businesses to protect the privacy of American consumers and to give them greater control over the collection and use of their personal data.
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