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Google Glass Is Creeping Back

The tech company is reportedly launching a new version aimed at businesses and without the histrionics that accompanied the product's initial debut.

By Laura Entis

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Bankers Say Ashley Madison Can Kiss IPO Plans Goodbye

This as hackers threatened to publish names and salacious details about the infidelity website's clients.

By Reuters

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Ashley Madison Says It Is Relieved It Isn’t Being Judged After Hack

The site is heartened by some initial public response that sees it as a victim.

By Reuters

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Hackers Threaten to Leak Ashley Madison’s 37 Million Clients

The hacker group says it will release sensitive information of clients of the dating site for cheating spouses.

By Reuters

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Google Wins Dismissal of Android Privacy Lawsuit

Android users said the company violated its own privacy policy by disclosing their names, email addresses and account locations to third parties without permission.

By Reuters

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U.S. Has Yet to Notify 21.5 Million Data Breach Victims

Still not a peep, even two months after discovering that sensitive personal information was compromised in a hack of government databanks, officials say.

By Reuters

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Millions More Americans Hit By Government Data Hack

Data stolen included Social Security numbers and other sensitive information.

By Reuters

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California Man Must Pay for Gunning Down His Neighbor’s Drone

What protections do drone-weary citizens have as the gadgets increasingly fill our friendly skies?

By Geoff Weiss

Business News

U.S. Tech Industry Appeals to Obama to Keep Hands Off Encryption

The companies say new policies would weaken increasingly sophisticated encryption systems designed to protect consumers' privacy.

By Reuters

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Big U.S. Data Breaches Offer Treasure Trove for Hackers

A flood of attacks by suspected Chinese hackers have been aimed at grabbing personal data, industrial secrets and weapons plans from government and private computers.

By Reuters

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Amazon, Google Race to Get Your DNA Into the Cloud

Both companies are seeking bragging rights in helping scientists make new medical discoveries and market share in a business that may be worth $1 billion a year by 2018.

By Reuters

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U.S. Officials Report Massive Breach of Federal Personnel Data

A foreign entity or government is believed to be behind the cyber attack.

By Everett Rosenfeld

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Google Increases User Privacy Controls

The new features are in response to increasing concern over how the search giant collects and uses its massive amounts of data.

By Reuters

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Facebook ‘Tramples European Privacy Law,’ Watchdog Says

The Privacy Protection Commission has launched a blistering attack after trying to find out more about the U.S. social media giant's practices.

By Reuters

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How You Can Better Protect Your Privacy

Make sure you've done all you can to prevent identity theft by implementing these tips.

By Mark J. Kohler

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Starbucks Denies Reports Its Mobile App Was Hacked

The coffee chain denied reports that said cyber-criminals had used its mobile payments app to siphon money from its customers.

By Phil Wahba

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Employee Says She Was Fired for Refusing to Be Tracked 24/7

The attorney filing the suit says she foresees a legal trend around privacy and productivity tracking.

By Nina Zipkin

Business News

Snapchat Complies With Government Data Requests at a Higher Rate Than Yahoo, Twitter, Facebook and Google

This, according to the company's first ever transparency report.

By Erin Griffith

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Google Fails to Dismiss Privacy Lawsuit Over Google Wallet

The tech giant has been accused of invading the privacy of users of its Google Wallet electronic payment service by sharing their personal information with outside app developers.

By Reuters

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Facebook Faces Off With Belgian Privacy Commission Over Privacy Accusations

A new study calls Facebook's privacy and data collection policies into legal question but the social giant says the authors of the research never reached out to them.

By Nina Zipkin

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The Guardian Backpedals, Says Whisper Doesn’t Actually Spy on Users

The newspaper 'clarified' its coverage of Whisper and pulled an opinion piece that criticized the secret-sharing app's privacy policy.

By Kate Taylor