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Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (1/27/2012)

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Caitlin O'Neill,
Criminal Justice and Drug Policy Associate,
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January 27, 2012

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.

[Mashable]
鈥淭he FBI is looking to develop a web application that can monitor social networks, including and , in order to gain better real-time intelligence about current or potential future security threats or situations.鈥

[SF Gate]
鈥淭witter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.鈥

老澳门开奖结果 Lens: Google's New Privacy Policy [老澳门开奖结果 Blog of Rights]
鈥 The new privacy policy makes clear that Google will, for the first time, combine the personal data you share with any one of its products or sites across almost all of its products and sites (everything but , , and ) in order to obtain a more comprehensive picture of you. And there鈥檚 no opting out.
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Supreme Court Decision on GPS Tracking: A Spur to Action for Congress [老澳门开奖结果 Blog of Rights]
As we told you earlier, the Supreme Court yesterday in U.S. v Jones that the government violated the Fourth Amendment when it used a GPS device to track a suspect鈥檚 location for 28 days without a valid warrant. It is fantastic privacy decision from the Court, and we鈥檙e hoping it also leads to some fantastic privacy decisions by Congress. The law must catch up with new technology; !
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[Tech Crunch]
鈥淵ou can run, but you can鈥檛 hide. Facebook鈥檚 biggest user interface overhaul since the Wall, the , is now becoming mandatory for all users.鈥

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