digital privacy

In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, a student argued that his university violated his Fourth Amendment rights when it asked him for a webcam recording of his testing space.

Education

Scanning students' rooms during remote tests is unconstitutional, judge rules

7:17pm August 25, 2022

by Emma Bowman

In what's believed to be the first case of its kind, a student argued that Cleveland State University violated his Fourth Amendment rights when he complied with a webcam recording of his exam space.

Police stand guard at an apartment building that's considered a coronavirus hot spot. Other state efforts involve using GPS data to keep track of people who've been ordered into home quarantine.

An Indian State Tells Quarantined Folks: 'A Selfie An Hour Will Keep The Police Away'

7:00am April 12, 2020

by Kamala Thiagarajan

In Karnataka, people under quarantine must take hourly selfies as proof of staying home. The government is also publishing addresses of the quarantined. Legal activists are raising privacy concerns.

California's new digital privacy law takes effect on Jan. 1.

National

California Rings In The New Year With A New Data Privacy Law

4:13pm December 31, 2019

by Rachael Myrow

Under California's new digital privacy law, consumers can opt out of the sale of their personal information. The toughest data privacy law in the U.S., it's expected to set the standard nationwide.

In this video, Amazon's Ranju Das demonstrates real-time facial recognition to an audience. It shows video from a traffic cam that he said was provided by the city of Orlando, where police have been trying the technology out.

National

Orlando Police Testing Amazon's Real-Time Facial Recognition

4:37pm May 22, 2018

by Martin Kaste

American police have been reluctant to use systems that can scan live video for the faces of "persons of interest." Amazon wants to change that with a cheaper, cloud-based version of the technology.

Tabs on a Facebook app for, "Privacy Basics, More Settings, and Data Policy," are displayed on an iPhone.

World News

Facebook To Offer Users Opt-Outs That Comply With New European Privacy Rules

8:29am April 19, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The social media giant will ask users worldwide if they want to continue sharing data for ads as well as personal information such as political and religious leanings and relationship information.

Travelers pass through security at Los Angeles International Airport in 2014.

National

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Sets New Rules For Searching Electronic Devices

8:40pm January 05, 2018

Under the new directive, agents can only copy or analyze the contents of devices, such as phones and computers, in certain cases.

Captain Janine Garner on her second deployment in 2007 refueling the Al Asad air base in Iraq

National

Female Marines Tackle What They Call A Corps' 'Culture of Sexism'

3:45pm April 27, 2017

Maj. Janine Garner's photo was swept into the online group in which users, including some fellow troops, graded or demeaned military women. Now she is joining with other Marines to return fire.

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AOL CEO Tim Armstrong will take the same position at the head of Verizon's Oath.

Yahoo And AOL Move In Together Under 'Oath,' Verizon's New Digital Arm

9:21am April 05, 2017

by Laura Sydell

The digital content mashup of Internet oldsters will be led by Tim Armstrong, AOL's CEO. Though the Yahoo deal was widely panned, it gives Verizon a vast subscriber base appealing to advertisers.

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Marines walk around Times Square during Fleet Week on May 25, 2016 in New York City. A Pentagon investigation is under way into the posting of hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of nude photos of female Marines.

National

Sharing Of Nude Photos Of Female Marines Online Prompts Pentagon Investigation

9:29am March 06, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Postings to a closed Facebook group included links to a Google Drive with even more images — and an invitation to contribute photos.

Dani Mathers, seen here being honored as Playboy's "2015 Playmate Of The Year," was widely criticized after she posted an image of a naked woman in a gym's shower area.

National

Charges Filed Against 'Playboy' Model Who Body-Shamed Woman At Gym

2:26pm November 05, 2016

by Bill Chappell

On the same day she posted the image, Dani Mathers apologized, saying she had meant to send the image in a private conversation on Snapchat.