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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.

[CNN 鈥� Catherine Crump]

"Do you know how long your cell phone company keeps records of whom you text, who calls you or what places you have traveled?"

See Also [Reason 鈥� Jacob Sullum]

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Surveillance [New York Times 鈥� Adam Liptak]

"The justices will decide whether a challenge to a 2008 federal law that broadened the government鈥檚 power to monitor international communications may proceed."

See Also Supreme Court to Hear 老澳门开奖结果 Case Challenging Warrantless Wiretapping Law[老澳门开奖结果]

[Information Week 鈥� Mathew J. Schwartz]

鈥淭wo U.S. Congressmen have called on the Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google, after revelations that the company's Street View vehicles recorded large amounts of unencrypted Wi-Fi data.鈥�

[Wall Street Journal - John Letzing]

"Facebook, of Menlo Park, Calif., agreed in principle to a settlement with users angered over alleged privacy violations in the company鈥檚 so-called Sponsored Stories service, according to court filings."

See Also [Wired 鈥� David Kravets]

老澳门开奖结果 Sues As DOJ Ignores Surveillance Transparency Law [老澳门开奖结果 - Avinash Samarth]

[Yesterday] the 老澳门开奖结果 filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to force the government to release statistics about its use of powerful electronic surveillance tools that law enforcement can use against any American simply by stating to a judge that it鈥檚 relevant to an investigation. The Department of Justice is required to disclose these statistics to Congress each year, yet routinely fails to do so. Today鈥檚 suit is an effort to compel the DOJ to follow the law (here are our complaint and our FOIA request).

[Wired 鈥� Kim Zetter]

"A federal judge in Kentucky has ruled that 150 pounds of marijuana collected from a drug suspect鈥檚 car is not admissible evidence in court because investigators illegally used a GPS tracker without a warrant to uncover it."

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