Stories about: CDT

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    DOJ: Court should reject Google book search settlement 21/09/2009 05:47:00

    The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against Google over the search company's book search program.
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    DOJ: Court should reject Google book search settlement 19/09/2009 14:13:00

    The US Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against Google over the search company's book search program.
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    Privacy missing from Google Books settlement 31/08/2009 07:45:00

    If Google digitizes the world's books, how will it keep track of what you read?
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    Civil rights activists champion Google book deal 30/07/2009 03:14:00

    A proposed settlement allowing Google to digitize millions of books will have huge benefits for minority populations and their access to valuable information, a group of civil rights leaders and educators said Wednesday.
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    Online ad groups release new behavioral ad principles 03/07/2009 05:35:00

    Online consumers should get more information about what information is being tracked and collected for the purposes of behavioral advertising, and they should have more control over what data is being collected, according to new privacy principles released Thursday by four advertising trade groups.
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    CDT: New privacy law getting closer 01/07/2009 07:58:00

    Comprehensive legislation to protect consumers' privacy is closer to becoming a reality in the U.S. Congress than it's been in several years, officials with the Center for Democracy and Technology said Tuesday.
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    Obama's cybersecurity initiative wins praise 01/06/2009 04:50:00

    U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement Friday of a new cybersecurity push by the U.S. government won widespread praise from the technology industry, with many people saying his attention to the issue is a major step toward better securing the nation's computer networks.
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    US lawmakers target deep packet inspection in privacy bill 24/04/2009 05:05:00

    U.S. lawmakers plan to introduce privacy legislation that would limit how Internet service providers can track their users, despite reports that no U.S. ISPs are using such technologies except for legitimate security reasons.
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    CDT: Privacy, transparency needed in cybersecurity policy 16/04/2009 05:19:00

    U.S. President Barack Obama's administration and Congress will have to address major civil liberties and transparency concerns as they create new policies to tackle ongoing cybersecurity vulnerabilties in the government and private industry, a digital rights group said.
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    Legislation would let Obama shut down 'Net, networks amid emergency 03/04/2009 08:34:00

    Federal legislation introduced in the US Senate this week would give President Obama the power to declare a cybersecurity emergency and then shut down both public and private networks including Internet traffic coming to and from compromised systems.
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    Wikileaks publishes $1B worth of congressional reports 11/02/2009 09:42:00

    Wikileaks.org, the online clearinghouse for leaked documents, has published a complete database of Congressional Research Service reports, which are private research documents written for members of Congress and their staffers.
 
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