At a time when the European Commission is proposing to significantly enhance the protection of consumer privacy, Google need to be absolutely transparent about the data they capture and how it is used," Nick Pickles, director of privacy and civil...
American CivilLiberties Union Lamar Smith, its chief sponsor, vowing to bring it back for markup in February, just days after the White House released a statement that they would not support it. While many cheered, “SOPA is dead!
The "American CivilLiberties Union has taken up the cause of a Maryland man who was forced to cough up his Facebook password during a job interview with the Department of Corrections in that state," the Atlantic reported.
A civilliberties group in Australia is criticizing Google's decision to pull ads by the Wilderness Society that brought attention to "a boycott against a paper manufacturer that uses wood sourced from Australian old growth forests.
A civilliberties group in Australia is criticizing Google's decision to pull ads by the Wilderness Society that brought attention to "a boycott against a paper manufacturer that uses wood sourced from Australian old growth forests," the Sydney...
One rights group, the American CivilLiberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California is already expressing concern over the new feature's implications: "Facebook Places: Check This Out Before You Check In" they warned in a post.
The lawsuit which resulted in this ruling was brought by the American CivilLiberties Union and for those with a legal interest or extreme insomnia will find the entire report here on the ACLU site. Yesterday controversial elements of the Patriot...
Electronic Frontiers Australia, a civil-liberties group, said the ruling could have impact on search engines such as Google. The Australian Federal Court ruled the other day that a web site providing links to available illegal video downloads is...
Davidson, who served as associate director of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a nonprofit civil-liberties group, underscores Google's recognition that it can no longer ignore Washington. Back in October we pointed out that Google was...
I am interested in learning more about the extent to which the Department of Justice is relying upon data mining of the Internet search queries made by law-abiding American citizens to support its efforts under the COPA and how the Department is...
Civilliberties group opposes Internet blocking law. Overture To Buy AltaVista SearchDay, Feb.http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/03/sd0219-overav.html Overture announced today that it intends to purchase AltaVista in a $140 million cash and...
Civilliberties group opposes Internet blocking law. A longer, more detailed version of this article is available to Search Engine Watch members. Click here to learn more about becoming a member Perhaps it's a terrible cliche, but the only thing...
EFF Says NSI "Screwed Up" Sex.com Case http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article/0,2198,3531_962161,00.html Non-profit, civilliberties organization says VeriSign's property and other domain registrars should be held accountable for their...