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In the digital age that we live in today, we are constantly exposing our personal information online. From using cell phones and GPS devices to online shopping and sending e-mail, the things we do and say online leave behind ever-growing trails of personal information. The 老澳门开奖结果 believes that Americans shouldn鈥檛 have to choose between using new technology and keeping control of your private information. Each week, we feature some of the most interesting news related to technology and civil liberties that we鈥檝e spotted from the previous week.

[Associated Press]
鈥淎ttorneys for Facebook and the 老澳门开奖结果 want a federal appeals court to rule that clicking 鈥淟ike鈥� on the social networking site is constitutionally-protected free speech.鈥�
See Also [Brock Vergakis]
See Also 老澳门开奖结果 & Facebook Tell Appeals Court That 鈥淟ike鈥� Is Free Speech [老澳门开奖结果 鈥� Josh Bell]

Bad News On Warrantless GPS Tracking [老澳门开奖结果 鈥� Catherine Crump]
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a disappointing but fortunately narrow decision in a case involving warrantless tracking of a vehicle with a GPS device. The three-judge panel refused to exclude GPS tracking evidence under what鈥檚 known as the 鈥済ood faith鈥� exception, ruling that when the tracking took place, law enforcement agents reasonably relied on binding circuit court precedent in concluding that no warrant was necessary. The tracking happened before the Supreme Court issued its decision in United States v. Jones that GPS device tracking triggers Fourth Amendment protections.
See Also [Wall Street Journal - Jess Bravin]

[Wired 鈥� David Kravets]
"The federal government may spy on Americans鈥� communications without warrants and without fear of being sued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a decision reversing the first and only case that successfully challenged President George W. Bush鈥檚 once-secret Terrorist Surveillance Program."
See Also [EFF 鈥� Cindy Cohn]
[EFF 鈥� Eva Galperin and Jillian C. York]
"Because Twitter鈥檚 policy is to require valid legal process before it will hand over user data, very few of these requests were granted in part or in whole. But if Twitter were to loosen this requirement鈥攁s many of yesterday鈥檚 commentators have suggested it ought to鈥攊t would make it far easier for governments to violate user privacy and demand information be censored."
See Also [New York Times 鈥� Wendy Ruderman]
See Also [Ars Technica 鈥� Casey Johnston]

[Consumerist 鈥� Chris Morran]
"Because Google didn't learn anything from the , the company has now decided to begin testing the integration of users' Gmail content into general search results. So a search for Amazon on Google.com would also bring up a sidebar with e-mails from or related to your Amazon purchases."
See Also [Associated Press]
[Information Week 鈥� Dan Taylor]
"New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled Wednesday a new surveillance system, developed in partnership with Microsoft, that incorporates information from license plate readers, street cameras, and other sensors distributed around the city."

[Engadget 鈥� Mat Smith]
"Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million penalty to settle its dispute with the FTC, over the company's role in bypassing browser settings in Apple's Safari web browser. Although it stated that it wouldn't use tracking cookies or targeted ads in the web browser, a was discovered, violating a previous privacy settlement between the FTC and Google."
See Press Release [FTC]
See Also [Information Week 鈥� Thomas Claburn]
See Also [Privacy Choice]

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