Tag: Privacy

On Capitol Hill, staff discussions have begun on reconciling House and Senate-passed cyberbills that contain industry-sought liability protections for companies that choose to participate in information-sharing arrangements. (AP Photo)

Homeland Security won’t wait for Congress on cybersecurity

Charlie Mitchell · November 16, 2015 5:01 am

Former top CIA official: U.S. must work with Assad, Russia to defeat ISIS

Daniel Chaitin · November 15, 2015 5:31 pm

Report: Ubiquitous data collection is just getting started

Rudy Takala · November 12, 2015 5:53 pm

FCC dismissed a petition asking websites to respect consumer requests not to have online activity tracked.Â (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Feds rule in favor of snooping by tech giants

Rudy Takala · November 6, 2015 10:04 pm

Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., told reporters last week that this will not be a speedy process.Â The issue is complicated, the upcoming calendar is studded with holidays and other issues are vying for lawmakers' attention.Â (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Smooth sailing for cyberbill? Not so fast

Charlie Mitchell · November 2, 2015 5:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Senate passes cyber-sharing legislation

Rudy Takala · October 27, 2015 11:05 pm

Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Sen. Dianne FeinsteinÂ saidÂ that CISA is a "first step" that hands industry and government desperately sought tools to fight cybercrime, terrorists and even nation-states in cyber space. (AP Photo)Â

Cyberbill nearing Senate vote as opposition mounts

Charlie Mitchell · October 26, 2015 5:00 am

California, Connecticut and Oregon prevent employers from asking employees to access social media while their boss is present, while New Hampshire, Maine and Delaware have laws that prevent employers from pressuring their employees to be "friends" online.

Sorry boss, you can’t be my Facebook friend

Rudy Takala · October 25, 2015 4:01 am

"No more privacy by obscurity," writes Josh Constine, the editor-in-chief of TechCrunch. (AP Photo/dapd, Joerg Koch)

Critic raps Facebook’s new search function

Rudy Takala · October 23, 2015 4:14 pm

It would release companies from liability if they share customers' personal information with the government.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Franken slams cyberbill over privacy protection

Rudy Takala · October 23, 2015 3:19 pm

The hearing concerned legislation called the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, which wouldÂ limit the legal definitionÂ of a joint employer to two or more businesses that have "actual, direct andÂ immediate control" over a groupÂ of workers. (AP Photo)Â

Labor board expands burden on business to disclose worker info to unions

Sean Higgins · October 23, 2015 4:01 am

Apple and Twitter announced their opposition to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act.Â (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Growing tech opposition to cybersecurity bill

Rudy Takala · October 21, 2015 8:27 pm