By now, the Occupy Wall Street movement has become well known and widespread throughout in the United States. Claiming, “We Are the 99%,” this resistance movement seeks to “empower real people to create real change” in order to build a better society free of the “greed and corruption of the 1%.” They have also expanded outside of New York to cities throughout the country.
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The Bill Is Weak But the Need Is Great
Perhaps even President Obama has found that the advertisements on the right side of his Facebook page are excessively applicable to his life. On February 23rd, the White House announced a new bill that aims to protect Internet users’ privacy, and has come to be known as the “Online Privacy Bill of Rights.” The bill includes guidelines for how Internet companies are to manage customers’ information, but is already being criticized for a lack of substance and vagueness.
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Netflix Advocating for Change in Antiquated Law to Connect U.S. Users to Facebook
The idea of linking a company’s product to Facebook, particularly a product related to technology, in order to positively affect that company’s bottom line is not newsworthy. In fact, what is more newsworthy is a company with a technology-based product not creating some sort of platform to connect its customers through Facebook. This is particularly true when that company is the consistently inconsistent Netflix.
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Congressman Introduces Mobile Device Privacy Act to Address Carrier IQ-like Data Collection
Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts recently proposed the Mobile Device Privacy Act—Congress’s first stab at protecting handset users’ privacy from software companies that collect user data on behalf of handset manufacturers and service providers. It’s inadequate.
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Facebook Chattering: Be Careful What You Post, The Court Might Be Listening
Facebook “status updates” are admissible evidence, rules the Minnesota Court of Appeals. In IN RE: the Welfare of: D.L.W., the court addressed the issue of whether Facebook posts constituted relevant evidence under the Minnesota Rules of Evidence. In declaring that the probative value outweighed the any prospect for unfair prejudice, the court potentially set a new precedent in social media law, transforming Facebook chatter into grounds for incarceration.
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FDA May be Spying on Whistleblower Employees
The FDA runs by the motto “protecting and promoting your health.” Americans depend on the FDA as a gatekeeper and regulator of the health industry. However, allegations have surfaced which cast doubt on the squeaky clean image of the agency. Several employees, who voiced complaints over medical devices approved by the FDA, have accused the agency of spying on t
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Supreme Court Rules in TCPA Case
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) poses the following question and answer: “Has your evening quiet time or dinner been interrupted by a call from a telemarketer? If so, you’re not alone.”
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Kindle Fire: What Are You Willing to Trade For a Faster Internet?
Only weeks old, the Kindle Fire has been a privacy concern since it was announced. The issue involves the Fire's Silk web browser. In order to improve the web browsing experience, Silk routes ordinary traffic through Amazon's servers as a proxy. This allows Amazon to load the page more quickly and even preload pages it believes the user is likely to access next based on usage statistics.
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Information Retention a No-Go for Redbox
Redbox, the automated video store that allows customers to rent movies from self-service kiosks, has become the target of litigation due to its consumer information retention practices. Redbox has maintained a policy of collecting consumer credit card information, billing addresses, and video viewing preferences whenever consumers rent videos from Redbox kisosks, and subsequently stores that information in internal databases for an indefinite period of time. Redbox failed to make clear to consumers that the company retained such personal information.
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Healthcare Case Re-Ignites Old Debate about Cameras in the Court
On Monday, Nov. 14 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to three cases (Nat'l Fed. of Ind. Business v. Sebelius, U.S. Dept. of H.S.S. v. Fla., Read more ...
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