As 9 Judges Hear Aadhaar Case, Centre's View On Right To Privacy Slammed
India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 19, 2017
A nine-judge constitution bench will begin hearing arguments today on whether privacy is a fundamental right of citizens, a question which is pivotal in a case in the Supreme Court challenging the Aadhaar scheme.
FBI Seeks to Exempt Biometrics Database From Privacy Act
Associated Press | Thursday June 2, 2016
The Next Generation Identification database contains a wealth of biometric data such as fingerprints, palm prints, photographs, and iris scans.
Facebook Loses First Round In Suit Over Storing Biometric Data
World News | Reuters | Friday May 6, 2016
Facebook Inc lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who sued the social networking company, alleging it "unlawfully" collected and stored users' biometric data derived from their faces in photographs.
Facebook Face-Tagging in Photos Targeted in Lawsuit
Agence France-Presse | Friday May 6, 2016
A lawsuit filed by three Illinois residents under the auspices of the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act can proceed.
US President Barack Obama to Call For Laws on Data Hacking, Student Privacy
World News | Associated Press | Monday January 12, 2015
US President Barack Obama wants Congress to pass legislation requiring companies to inform customers within 30 days if their data has been hacked, a move that follows high-profile breaches at retailers including Target, Home Depot and Neiman Marcus.
The day the Internet didn't fight back
Nicole Perlroth, The New York Times | Wednesday February 12, 2014
The group called "The Day We Fight Back" encouraged websites to join an online campaign modeled after protests against the Stop Online Privacy Act.
Facebook accused of mining private messages
Agence France-Presse | Saturday January 4, 2014
The suit accuses Facebook of reading its users' personal, private Facebook messages without their consent.
Greater email privacy won't hinder law enforcement
Associated Press | Thursday November 29, 2012
A Senate bill to protect the privacy of electronic communications won't keep federal agents from combing through your inbox if they believe a crime has been committed.
As 9 Judges Hear Aadhaar Case, Centre's View On Right To Privacy Slammed
India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday July 19, 2017
A nine-judge constitution bench will begin hearing arguments today on whether privacy is a fundamental right of citizens, a question which is pivotal in a case in the Supreme Court challenging the Aadhaar scheme.
FBI Seeks to Exempt Biometrics Database From Privacy Act
Associated Press | Thursday June 2, 2016
The Next Generation Identification database contains a wealth of biometric data such as fingerprints, palm prints, photographs, and iris scans.
Facebook Loses First Round In Suit Over Storing Biometric Data
World News | Reuters | Friday May 6, 2016
Facebook Inc lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who sued the social networking company, alleging it "unlawfully" collected and stored users' biometric data derived from their faces in photographs.
Facebook Face-Tagging in Photos Targeted in Lawsuit
Agence France-Presse | Friday May 6, 2016
A lawsuit filed by three Illinois residents under the auspices of the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act can proceed.
US President Barack Obama to Call For Laws on Data Hacking, Student Privacy
World News | Associated Press | Monday January 12, 2015
US President Barack Obama wants Congress to pass legislation requiring companies to inform customers within 30 days if their data has been hacked, a move that follows high-profile breaches at retailers including Target, Home Depot and Neiman Marcus.
The day the Internet didn't fight back
Nicole Perlroth, The New York Times | Wednesday February 12, 2014
The group called "The Day We Fight Back" encouraged websites to join an online campaign modeled after protests against the Stop Online Privacy Act.
Facebook accused of mining private messages
Agence France-Presse | Saturday January 4, 2014
The suit accuses Facebook of reading its users' personal, private Facebook messages without their consent.
Greater email privacy won't hinder law enforcement
Associated Press | Thursday November 29, 2012
A Senate bill to protect the privacy of electronic communications won't keep federal agents from combing through your inbox if they believe a crime has been committed.
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