News tagged with privacy violation

Employers ask job seekers for Facebook passwords

(AP) -- When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 13

Google's moves raise questions about 'don't be evil' motto

With its "Don't Be Evil" motto, Google Inc. has always held itself to a higher moral standard.

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created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 24

SKoreans sue Apple over iPhone user information

A group of nearly 27,000 South Koreans is suing Apple for $26 million for what they claim are privacy violations from the collection of iPhone user location information.

Technology / Business

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Pa. district took 56,000 images on student laptops

(AP) -- A suburban school district secretly captured at least 56,000 webcam photographs and screen shots from laptops issued to high school students, its lawyer acknowledged Monday.

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created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

3 Google execs convicted of privacy violations

(AP) -- Three Google executives were convicted of privacy violations Wednesday in Italy because bullies posted a video online of an autistic boy being abused - a case closely watched due to its implications for Internet ...

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created Feb 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Facebook to end Beacon tracking tool in settlement

(AP) -- Facebook is shutting down its much-maligned Beacon marketing program, launched nearly two years ago amid fanfare only to generate a storm of privacy complaints over tracking of user activities at ...

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0