digital privacy

Social Media Abuse Of Nursing Home Residents Often Goes Unchecked

10:30am July 14, 2016

Iowa health officials recently discovered it wasn't against state law for a nursing home worker to share a photo on Snapchat of a resident covered in feces. They are trying to change that.

Michelle Pattengill, a technician at L&S Pharmacy in Charleston, Mo., holds a bottle of oxycodone.

Political Gridlock Blocks Missouri Database For Fighting Drug Abuse

3:13pm April 12, 2016

by Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media

Every state except Missouri has a database that doctors can check to see if a person filling a prescription for an opioid is trying to get it from other pharmacies, too.

A customer tries out the Apple iPhone 6S on Sept. 25, 2015, in Chicago. As a legal dispute simmers, Apple CEO Tim Cook and FBI Director James Comey issue separate calls for more conversations about privacy and security in the smartphone era.

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In Apple Dispute, FBI Director Urges A 'Deep Breath' Over Phone Security

2:55pm February 22, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Days after Apple's CEO wrote an open letter to customers, the head of the FBI responds by urging those involved to "take a deep breath and stop saying the world is ending."

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California's new digital privacy law essentially requires a warrant before any business turns over any of its clients' metadata or digital communications to the government.

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California Approves A Sweeping Digital Privacy Law

12:20pm October 09, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The bill was signed into law on Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown. The law requires a warrant before any business turns over clients' metadata or digital communications to the government.