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Government Report Calls For Comprehensive Privacy Law

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A new report on consumer privacy from the Government Accountability Office concludes that there ought to be a comprehensive federal law governing the collection, use and sale of personal information [...]


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Facebook Relaxes Privacy Policy for Teens

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Facebook's new relaxed privacy policy for teenagers probably won't go over very well with privacy advocates in Washington and lawmakers like Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), a persistent advocate for tighter [...]

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Sen. Rockefeller Looks Into How Web Surveys and Sweeps Aid Data Brokers

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Trying to determine where data brokers get personal information about consumers, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) queried 12 personal finance, health, and family-focused websites that collect and share visitors' information from [...]

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Sen. Rockefeller Talks Privacy With Mark Zuckerberg

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Mark Zuckerberg was in Washington to push immigration reform, but when he got to the office of Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), he was confronted with questions about Facebook's privacy policies. [...]

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FCC and FTC Nominees Couldn’t Be More Different

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Mike O’Rielly, the GOP nominee for the Federal Communications Commission, and Terrell McSweeny, the Democratic nominee for the Federal Trade Commission, couldn’t be more different. The contrasts were on display [...]

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Senate Commerce Votes to Approve Tom Wheeler as Next FCC Chairman

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Telecom vet and Obama loyalist Tom Wheeler has passed the first hurdle on his way to becoming the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. In a voice vote, the [...]