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Street View Takes A Cue From "Cops"

Users of Google Street View will still be able to hunt for people hopping fences, losing their pants, and lying out in the sun.  Users may not be able to see many faces, though, as Google's making them disappear.

Consumer Groups Want FTC Protection From Advertisers

Two groups asked the Federal Trade Commission for a 'do not track' registry to keep advertisers from grabbing information about them.

Australia Wants To Read Employee Emails

Employers in Australia may soon be able to read employees emails without consent under new anti-terror laws being proposed.The Australian government says the proposal is aimed at preventing a cyber attack on national infrastructure like the stock exchange, electricity grid or transportation system.

Google Starts Controversial Form Crawling Program

Googlebot received an update that permits it to complete certain forms, and learn more about the site hosting them.

Microsoft Proposes Privacy Framework To FTC

The company responded to a request for proposals from the Federal Trade Commission about Internet privacy with a five-tiered approach to self-regulating protection of consumer privacy.

Behavioral Targeting: Why This Hot Technology is Burning its Users

Privacy is Only Part of the ProblemBehavioral targeting (BT) has been around since the first dotcom days. In late 2007 it rose to fame again thanks to a few big promoters like Facebook; and in early 2008 it ignited a firestorm of debate that continues to unfold before us each day. But what is it, what does it claim to do and why the surrounding debate?

Problems With Facebook's New Privacy Measures

As promised yesterday, Facebook has announced new privacy measures. The new features include long-sought for privacy controls based on friend lists (which were introduced in December).

Facebook Adds New Privacy Tools

Beginning today Facebook users will be able to choose which friends can view details of their profiles, a new privacy feature to give users more control over how they share their personal information.

Keeping Data Is Good, Says Google

Retaining search data helps Google improve its search results, despite privacy concerns that such retention could end up in the hands of the government via subpoena.

EFF Wants Horvath, Google Messages

Former Justice Department chief privacy officer Jane Horvath once criticized the government subpoena in Gonzales v Google; she joined Google's legal team last August.