Unpaid Traffic Ticket? It’s Str...
Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that cops have a right to strip-search you - without a warrant, reasonable suspicion or guilty conviction - for any type of arrest. Along with strip-searches, here's some other things police can legally do that you would never have expected.
Weekly Recap: April 2 Update on Priva...
Take 15 minutes to get updated on all the ongoing privacy issues we’re tracking. This week, we’re running the...
Can the Government Protect Consumer P...
March saw several government entities voicing their concern about our privacy rights with much fanfare and really long titles. And yet, March also saw their actions betray a remarkable lack of actual concern.
Privacy Policy Comparison: Top Five S...
The newest ambient social media apps simply broadcast your info to anybody in your vicinity that shares the same app. We investigated the privacy policies of the five most popular networking apps.
Monday Morning Quickie: Updates to Ongoing Pr...
posted on: Mar 26, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
Take 15 minutes to get updated on all the ongoing privacy issues we're tracking. Includes employers accessing your Facebook, NSA building a spy center, Facebook changing its privacy policy, and rising backlash against the TSA.
How Many Employers Are Asking for Facebook Pa...
posted on: Mar 23, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
Facebook just issued a press release condemning companies that require access to applicants' Facebook profiles. We ask how pervasive it is and if it's ever ok to require.
Take a Stand Against the TSA
posted on: Mar 23, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
The latest viral video of the TSA's ridiculousness features a toddler in a cast and wheelchair receiving an unnecessarily thorough putdown. Did it make you mad? Then do something about it!
Whistle Blown on NSA, FBI, CIA’s Domest...
posted on: Mar 21, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
In less than 15 hours, reliable sources Wired and The Verge called out the CIA, NSA and FBI for secretly spying on U.S. citizens; or as the agencies call it, domestic surveillance.
Crossing Customs with Your Privacy Intact
posted on: Mar 20, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
Answering your questions about your civil rights and personal privacy when crossing through customs.
2011 DHS Data Mining Report Review
posted on: Mar 19, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Privacy Office just released their 2011 Data Mining Report to congress. We burrowed beyond the many, many acronyms to find out what they have been up to in the last year.
Background Checks Performed on Private Facebo...
posted on: Mar 9, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
Job interviewers and college coaches are starting to coerce applicants and players to surrender their Facebook username and password to perform background checks.
Warning: Social Media App ‘Highlight...
posted on: Mar 8, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
'Highlight' is getting all the buzz at SXSW this year with some pretty cool social media capabilities, but it also has some potentially serious privacy problems.
Enhanced Body Scanners Blind to Metal
posted on: Mar 7, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
Yet another damning presentation of enhanced body scanners' uselessness.
FBI Counter-Terrorist Agent Trashes the TSA
posted on: Feb 29, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
"TSA has never, (and I invite them to prove me wrong), foiled a terrorist plot or stopped an attack on an airliner. Ever."
The DHS List of Dirty Words for Social Media
posted on: Feb 29, 2012 | author: Lizette Cory
The DHS has a list of 384 keywords that they are actively monitoring your social media posts for.
Facebook and Law Enforcement – 25 Peopl...
posted on: Feb 24, 2012 | author: privacycast
Facebook has a 25 full-time employees just to handle info requests from law enforcement. Good news? They claim they only provide private data with a warrant...
Court: Decryption = Self Incrimination
posted on: Feb 24, 2012 | author: privacycast
The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today to uphold a lower court’s decision that law enforcement officials cannot legally force a...
States Consider Limiting TSA Searches –...
posted on: Feb 23, 2012 | author: privacycast
Molestation by the TSA is becoming a familiar (if disturbing) story. In this case, the mastectomy scars of a breast cancer survivor showed up as an...
Mobile App Privacy Policies Mandated
posted on: Feb 22, 2012 | author: privacycast
Mobile app stores will require all apps to provide detailed privacy policies, thanks to a deal between major device manufacturers and the California AG...
What Does Siri Remember?
posted on: Feb 21, 2012 | author: privacycast
Everything you say, Siri remembers... here are the ins and outs of what Apple can and can't do with all that data...
Target: Creepy… Tracking Intimate Detai...
posted on: Feb 17, 2012 | author: privacycast
Target is a leader in a creepy segment: companies who make the most effective use of customer habits to predict future buying...
Google Bypasses Safari Privacy Settings
posted on: Feb 17, 2012 | author: privacycast
WSJ finds that Google is bypassing anti-tracking functionality in Apple's Safari Web Browser, and the search giant responds...
Unnatural Selection? TSA & Female Passeng...
posted on: Feb 16, 2012 | author: privacycast
Are attractive females more likely to be selected by the TSA for "enhanced imaging?"
Apple Improves iOS Contact Privacy Controls
posted on: Feb 16, 2012 | author: privacycast
Apple responds decisively to concerns about protecting contact information on iOS, announces iOS will require consent before apps can touch contacts...
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