News

2009

May

30

• White House outlines cybersecurity plan. President Obama declared Friday that the country’s disparate efforts to “deter, prevent, detect and defend” against cyberattacks would now be run out of the White House, but he also promised that he would bar the…

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• Obama calling for better security for computers. President Barack Obama is calling digital security a top priority, whether it's guarding the computer systems that keep the lights on in the city and direct airliners to the right runway or those protecting customers…

22

• Put your passwords to the test. Every few months, a little box pops up on my office computer screen prompting me to change my password, and the dreaded countdown begins. It warns me I have 14 days to craft a new…

20

• U.S. may add new financial services watchdog. The Obama administration is actively discussing the creation of a regulatory commission that would have broad authority to protect consumers who use financial products as varied as mortgages, credit cards and mutual funds, according to…

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• Blogola: The FTC takes on paid posts. Readers of Adventures in Babywearing, a blog for parents, got an up-close look at the Ergo, a $135 embroidered baby carrier in a shade called "organic blue" in a May 14 post on the site.…

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• Law students teach Scalia about privacy and the Web. “TEACHING moment.” A nice, hopeful phrase describing lessons learned from real life that help illuminate an academic subject — the opposite of “book learning.” This spring, the students of an elective course on Internet privacy…

15

• What does your credit card company know about you?. Rudy Santana’s day began recently, as almost all his working days begin, with a name on a screen. The name that April morning belonged to a Massachusetts man in his mid-30s. He owed money on…

• GPS and privacy rights. The police generally need a search warrant to enter a person’s home or to listen to phone calls. But courts have been divided on whether the police must obtain a warrant before placing a GPS…

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• A doctors' database for patients. Unless you've had heart trouble in Schenectady, N.Y., you've probably never heard of cardiologist Steven Weitz. But he has made a difference in this leafy town of 60,000 on the Mohawk River. Weitz has helped…

• Quejas de violación de intimidad de Google. A raíz de las quejas de ciudadanos preocupados por la violación de su intimidad, la compañía de internet Google dijo el miércoles que volverá a tomar todas las imágenes de Japón que usa en su…

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• Six ways to protect your privacy on Google. Concerned that Google knows too much about you? The company provides many ways to protect your privacy online -- you just need to find them. Here are six good ones. 1. Know your privacy rights:…

06

• La UE lanza guía del consumidor por internet. La Unión Europea lanzó una nueva guía del consumidor por la internet en la que estipula sus derechos cuando visita o compra en la web. La página, que entró en vigencia el martes, intenta dar…

05

• Justices limit use of identity theft law. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a favorite tool of prosecutors in immigration cases, ruling unanimously that a federal identity-theft law may not be used against many illegal workers who used false Social Security numbers…

• Fallo pro migrantes de Corte Suprema. Si alguien usa un número de seguro social que no sea el suyo para obtener, por ejemplo, crédito o trabajo, sólo está cometiendo el delito de robo de identidad si sabe a quién pertenece y…

04

• Seniors at home in co-housing. Annie Russell lives alone but not in solitude. While she was laid up for almost nine months by an injured knee, neighbors checked in on her regularly. They brought her ice packs, fetched water and…

April

28

• Do you know where your data is?. Do you know what your data did last night? Almost none of more than 27 million people who took the RealAge quiz realized that their personal health data was sold to drug companies, who in…

• Influenza ataca la internet. Expertos en seguridad en Internet alertaron ayer del peligro de que la gripe porcina se convierta un virus informático, fuente de correos "spam" o fraude en la web escondidos tras mensajes como "Salma Hayek está…

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• Consejos para comprar en línea. Comprar por Internet es cada vez más cómodo y popular, pero no te viene mal tener en cuenta estos tips para que tu experiencia sea aún mejor. 1. Aprovecha los descuentos Si compras con frecuencia…

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• Congress begins deep packet inspection of ISPs. Congress picked up its look at online privacy where it left off last year: whether Internet providers can look at where customers surf online. Angry comments by members of Congress at several hearings last year…

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• A repeal of Real ID?. A post-9/11 law that sets federal standards for state driver's licenses and identification cards is under fire from the head of the agency enforcing that law, the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Secretary Janet…