Tag: Privacy

Fred Upton and other GOP critics of the proposed rule told the FCC that it should abandon the proposal and instead follow the Federal Trade Commission. (AP Photo)

GOP warns against proposed Internet privacy rules

Susan Ferrechio · June 1, 2016 8:55 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Claire McCaskill announced Monday she has breast cancer. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

McCaskill: Clinton used private email for ‘privacy’

Mariana Barillas · May 27, 2016 12:31 am

"If adopted as proposed, [the rules] would result in a detailed set of burdensome data-privacy rules with no precedent in the FTC or other U.S. privacy regimes … inconsistent with the privacy obligations applied to the rest of the economy," wrote Jon Leibowitz, who served as his agency's chairman from 2009-13. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Former Obama regulatory chair advises FCC against new regulations

Rudy Takala · May 24, 2016 5:41 pm

"If there is healthcare fraud being committed, it's committed. With child sex abuse, obviously, you're looking at stopping predators from committing future crimes," said Florida congressman Ron DeSantis. (AP Photo)

One lawmaker’s better mousetrap for catching child predators

Joel Gehrke · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

The Federal Communications Commission assumed authority to regulate privacy practices when it voted last year to reclassify broadband providers as public utilities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Critics charge FCC with suppressing comments on privacy ruling

Rudy Takala · May 23, 2016 3:11 am

It was first reported that Facebook was counting URLs sent in private messages as "likes" in 2012, but the site discontinued the practice shortly afterwards. (AP Photo)

Facebook sued for scanning private user messages

Rudy Takala · May 19, 2016 8:01 pm

President Obama took an astounding step that should worry everyone. Without any genuine legal basis, he issued a proclamation that essentially makes him the nation's restroom monitor. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama in the girls’ bathroom

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2016 5:35 am

Recent large-scale military involvement in other countries should give pause to all Americans, conservatives included. (AP Photo, File)

A case for a conservative foreign policy

Fuad Suleiman · May 12, 2016 4:02 am

Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden said this bill leaves "workers, families and businesses wanting." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Encryption divide locks up lawmakers

Susan Ferrechio · May 9, 2016 4:01 am

Bugs in medical implants can be exploited over their wireless interfaces, too. For example: lethal shocks from implanted pacemakers and defibrillators.

Computerized bodies need privacy

Washington Examiner Staff · May 9, 2016 4:00 am

The Justice Department defended its decision to keep the memo secret after Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., filed a brief in support of a lawsuit seeking to make the document public. (AP Photo)

Justice rejects Dem effort to declassify surveillance memo

Rudy Takala · May 6, 2016 6:38 pm

The Federal Trade Commission should stop "creepy" electronic billboards from surreptitiously harvesting cellphone data, Sen. Chuck Schumer said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer takes on ‘creepy’ billboards that spy on drivers

Rudy Takala · May 2, 2016 1:09 pm