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A Primer for the Online Privacy Multistakeholder Process
By Chris CalabreseACLU Washington Legislative Office
By ACLU of Northern California
The Results From Our Nationwide Cell Phone Tracking Records Requests
By Allie BohmACLU National Office
By ACLU of Northern California
Technology and Civil Liberties Resources - Demand Your dotRights!
Downloadable One-Page Information Sheets
FTC Report: A Roadmap for Future Success?
By Chris CalabreseACLU Washington Legislative Office
By ACLU of Northern California
New Examples of Facebook Password Demands, Facebook's Response, and the Need for a New Law
By Ateqah KhakiACLU National Office
By ACLU of Northern California
Status Update: Employers Asking For Your Facebook Passwords Violates Your Privacy and the Privacy of All Your Friends, Too
Earlier this week, we told you about some employers asking job applicants for their Facebook usernames and passwords. The ACLU believes that this is a gross violation of personal privacy because people are entitled to their private lives online just as they are offline.
And, as many of you commented on Facebook, employer demands to share login information is a violation of Facebook's own legal terms, which under the section on "Registration and Account Security" state:
By ACLU of Northern California
Your Facebook Password Should Be None of Your Boss' Business
By Ateqah KhakiACLU National Office
By ACLU of Northern California
PayPal Changes Its Digital Book Policy
You spoke, PayPal listened, and now erotic authors and booksellers appear likely to continue to enjoy the freedom to publish their works without threat of censorship.
Note to Self: Siri Not Just Working for Me, Working Full-Time for Apple, Too
It came as a surprise to some folks at a recent SXSW talk that Apple's Siri "personal assistant" isn't just working for us, it's working full-time for Apple too by sending lots of our personal voice and user info to Apple to stockpile in its databases. Take a peek at Siri's privacy policy (which, by the way, is pretty difficult to find) and you'll realize what's happening behind the scenes.
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