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Google asks to make surveillance orders public, cites First Amendment

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:21:00 GMT  (Grant Gross)  Source:  Privacy News - Computerworld

Google has asked the court overseeing terrorism-related surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency to allow the company to publish information on the number of surveillance requests it receives.

 

 

Expanded '2-person rule' could help plug NSA leaks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:54:00 GMT  jvijayan@computerworld.com (Jaikumar Vijayan)  Source:  Privacy News - Computerworld

The National Security Agency is creating new processes aimed at making it harder for systems administrators to misuse privileged access to agency systems, NSA officials told the U.S. House Intelligence Committee Tuesday.

 

 

U.S. officials claim surveillance programs helped stop 50 terrorist plots

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:21:00 GMT  (Grant Gross)  Source:  Privacy News - Computerworld

U.S. law enforcement agencies have disrupted more than 50 terrorist plots in the U.S. and other countries with the help of controversial surveillance efforts at the U.S. National Security Agency, government officials said Tuesday.

 

 

Google Glass raises international privacy concerns

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:28:00 GMT  (Loek Essers)  Source:  Privacy News - Computerworld

The Canadian privacy commissioner and 36 other data protection authorities on Tuesday raised privacy concerns about Google Glass in an open letter to CEO Larry Page.

 

 

Yahoo discloses user data requests from U.S. law enforcement agencies

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:52:00 GMT  (John Ribeiro)  Source:  Privacy News - Computerworld

Yahoo has received between 12,000 to 13,000 requests for user data from law enforcement agencies in the U.S. between Dec. 1 and May 31 this year, the company said Monday.

 

 

U.K. spy agency reportedly snooped on delegates at G20 meetings in '09

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:17:00 GMT  (Lucian Constantin)  Source:  Privacy News - Computerworld

British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) reportedly intercepted the electronic communications of foreign politicians during G20 meetings that took place in London in 2009.

 

 

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