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Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (12/2/2011)

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Caitlin O'Neill,
Criminal Justice and Drug Policy Associate,
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December 2, 2011

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.

[Information Week]
鈥淎 senior Congressman said Amazon is dodging questions about how it's using what he called a 鈥榤assive鈥 trove of information collected from Kindle Fire users.鈥

Facebook Is Abiding By Its Own Rules, Great! Now How 老澳门开奖结果 Good Rules For Everybody? [老澳门开奖结果 Blog of Rights]
Today, Facebook agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it deceived customers by failing to uphold privacy promises.

[Daily Yomiuri]
鈥淎 smartphone application that gathers information on the location of its users was downloaded by more than 1.5 million people, and the data was sent to an advertising company in the United States, according to experts.鈥

[Forbes]
鈥淣ow the wants to create its own internal fusion center so that its many agencies can aggregate the data they have and make it searchable from a central location.鈥

[Telegraph]
鈥淭he European Commission is planning to stop the way the website 鈥榚avesdrops鈥 on its users to gather information about their political opinions, sexuality, religious beliefs 鈥 and even their whereabouts.鈥

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