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InternetNews December 30, 2010	Looking Back on Web Privacy: 2010 Internet privacy was a favorite topic among regulators, lawmakers and advocacy groups, but for all the debate, how far did the government get toward reining in online data collection?
InternetNews May 17, 2010	Google Admits Accidental Wi-Fi Data Collection Google apologizes for its collection of content from open Wi-Fi access points.
InternetNews October 22, 2010	Google Tweaks Privacy Policy After Wi-Fi Snare Five months after revealing the mistaken interception of users' Internet transmissions with its Street View cars, Google is looking to tighten its internal controls to avoid a repeat.
InternetNews June 14, 2010	FBI, FCC Raise Security, Privacy Concerns A pair of high-profile security and privacy breaches involving two of the world's most important technology companies has the FCC and FBI calling for action.
InternetNews June 25, 2010	Congressmen Press Apple on Privacy Concerns A couple of lawmakers are sweating Apple for forcing iPad and iPhone users to allow the company to do whatever it wants with so-called "non-personal" information collected or provided by the devices.
PC Magazine September 13, 2011 Chloe Albanesius	Don't Want Google Collecting Your Wi-Fi Data? Opt Out is Coming In the wake of last year's data collection controversy, Google said Tuesday that it will allow users to opt out of having their Wi-Fi location data tracked.
InternetNews November 3, 2010	UK Admonishes Google for Privacy Violations Regulators say the company's Street View vehicles violated national data protection laws.
InternetNews May 13, 2010	Facebook Confirms All-Hands Privacy Meeting Under increasing pressure from users, privacy advocates and government officials, Facebook is planning to take up the issue at a company-wide meeting.
InternetNews August 17, 2010	Democrats Scoff at Google-Verizon Compromise Four House Democrats are urging FCC Chief Julius Genachowski to blow off Google and Verizon's net neutrality compromise proposal.
InternetNews December 17, 2010	Commerce Report Outlines Web Privacy Overhaul Long-anticipated report from Department of Commerce envisions a privacy bill of rights, calls for overhauls of data breach, electronic communications laws.
InternetNews December 3, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Privacy Advocates Press for Net Legislation A new effort by the Center for Democracy and Technology coincides with signs of movement in Congress on Internet privacy.
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.
PC Magazine October 1, 2010 Chloe Albanesius	Taking Google to Task Consumer group attacks the behemoth's privacy policies
InternetNews November 19, 2009	House Panel Moves Closer to Privacy Bill Lawmakers still struggling to find balance between protecting consumers without slowing commerce.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2011 Evan Niu	Amazon Silk Goes to Washington Congress gets hot and bothered about privacy concerns over Amazon.com's Silk browser.
InternetNews December 8, 2010	Comcast-NBC Needs Net Neutrality: Waxman Chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee asks Federal Communications Chairman to condition blockbuster media merger with anti-discrimination rules.
InternetNews May 5, 2010	Advocacy Groups Slam House Privacy Bill Long-awaited draft of House privacy legislation appears, but leaves consumer advocacy groups warning about significant loopholes and enshrining current opt-out regime.
InternetNews March 8, 2007 Roy Mark	Gates' Washington Trip a Privacy Affair Congress should pass 'milestone' national uniform privacy standard says Microsoft chairman.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2010 Sophia Meng	Google Admits Street View Cars Grabbed Personal Info The search leader is deleting the info and beefing up security measures.
InternetNews May 24, 2010	Facebook CEO Apologizes for Privacy Missteps CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes his first public comments in response to Facebook's latest privacy controversy, promising to reveal a set of updates to the site in short order.
InternetNews July 29, 2010	House Reps. Introduce Spectrum Auction Bill Lawmakers introduce voluntary incentive auction act that they hope will achieve a compromise between dueling interests.
InternetNews December 7, 2009	Yahoo Offers Ad-Targeting Privacy Controls As government regulators and privacy advocates circle, another Internet leader offers more clarity and control over user data collection for advertising.
InternetNews February 25, 2010	CTIA Calls for Location-Based Privacy Rules As the privacy debate turns to location-based services, wireless association seeks clarification from Congress on the rules for sharing data with law enforcement authorities.
InternetNews April 20, 2010	Google Rebuked by Privacy Regulators Google is taken to task over lax privacy in the rollout of its Buzz social networking service as well as other services.
InternetNews October 12, 2010	Group Debuts Online Privacy, Security Campaign Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that works to protect kids from inappropriate media content, is launching an advocacy campaign to clamp down on online advertisers.
InternetNews December 17, 2009	TSA Web Snafu Prompts House Inquiry In the wake of the discovery that a sensitive TSA document has been publicly available online since early this year, lawmakers are calling for answers.
InternetNews March 19, 2010	Senate Cybersecurity Bill Back in Play Lawmakers have reintroduced bipartisan cybersecurity legislation to the Senate, stripping out controversial provisions that alarmed privacy advocates and civil libertarians.
InternetNews June 30, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Gartner: Firms Still Playing Catch-Up With Privacy Budget shortfalls, tangled international laws stymie enterprise privacy operations.
Information Today July 27, 2009	Advocacy Groups Ask for Privacy Guarantees in Google Book Search Google is urged to "assure Americans that Google will maintain the security and freedom that library patrons have long had to read and learn without worrying that someone is looking over their shoulder or could retrace their steps."
The Motley Fool May 18, 2010 Wade Roush	Google's "Passive Sniffing" Technique May Have Paved the Way for Wi-Fi Privacy Flap Google says the Street View teams who crisscross the world taking pictures and collecting Wi-Fi network location data have inadvertently been recording fragments of payload data traveling on those networks.
InternetNews July 20, 2010	Broadband Agenda Means a D.C. Brawl Broadcasters circle the wagons in defense against lawmakers and agency officials that have their own agenda.
InternetNews November 17, 2010	Verizon, SAP, Others Form Wi-Fi Working Group Leading universities and technology businesses join forces to form the Multimedia Grade Working Group, aimed at evolving Wi-Fi to better handle voice, video and data traffic.
InternetNews September 30, 2010	House Net Neutrality Compromise Derails After GOP members withdraw support, House committee chairman announces that he is shelving efforts to pass compromise legislation that would have set some rules barring discrimination against content on the Internet.
InternetNews April 23, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	House Panel Begins Work on Online Privacy Law In NebuAd's shadow, lawmakers probe data-collection practices of ISPs as they debate just how far online privacy legislation should reach.
InternetNews January 25, 2011	Lawmakers Call for ISP Data-Retention Rules Under pressure from law enforcement agencies that service providers delete subscriber records too quickly, House panel airs bipartisan support for retention mandate.
Information Today May 9, 2011 Nancy Herther	Mobile Privacy Issues Come to Capitol Hill -- Apple's iOS4 to be Examined in Senate Hearing Apple's iOS4 operating system for the iPhone and 3G iPad included software that is regularly recording the position of your device into a hidden file.
InternetNews July 23, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Ask, Microsoft Talk Search Privacy The two search rivals ask Google and others to join their commitment to develop global privacy principles.
BusinessWeek December 9, 2010 Sara Forden	Facebook Builds a Washington Lobbying Team The social networking site is expanding its six-person lobbying office to deal with Washington's growing interest in privacy and other Internet issues
InternetNews August 9, 2006 David Needle	Schmidt: Google Closer to The Perfect Answer Google CEO CEO Eric Schmidt covers a range of issues affecting Google and the Internet at industry trade show.
Information Today December 9, 2010 George H. Pike	FTC's 'Do Not Track' Proposal Elicits Strong Reactions The proposed tool would allow users to prevent web companies from tracking their browsing activities for marketing or other purposes.
PC Magazine June 13, 2011 Chloe Albanesius	Privacy Groups Request FTC Probe of Facebook Facial Recognition Tech A D.C.-based privacy group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to examine Facebook's facial-recognition technology.
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 March 29, 2010	Facebook Privacy Update Eyes Location Services Facebook turns a new page in its privacy policy with a fresh batch of updates that indicate it's getting serious about location-based services.
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.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	New York City Plans To Give Residents $70 Million Worth Of Wi-Fi In an effort to further bridge the New York City's digital divide, the de Blasio administration is spending $70 million to expand cheap, high-speed broadband across the five boroughs, the city announced today.
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