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Google to pay $8.5 million for adding Gmail contacts to Buzz

Google has agreed to pay 8.5 million dollars (US) to settle a privacy lawsuit over a Buzz social networking tool added to free email service Gmail in February, according to court documents.
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She is suing to make YouTube identify anonymous comment defamer

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Franklin recently discovered the defamatory comments on her YouTube videos, which called her a “whore” among other things, when friends found them while checking out videos of her on the video site. In addition to the comments, the anonymous YouTuber also uploaded several clips from a small-budget film that Franklin appeared in.
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Is "Don't Be Evil" Over?

"[F]or years it resisted using any method to track people online without their knowledge at the fierce insistence of Sergey Brin and [Larry] Page," the Journal writes. "But the two men have gradually decided they can begin exploiting the data their company controls, without exploiting consumers." <!--f7fb0664e4cb44c9b456f15651b4e5da-->
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Appeals court limits use of GPS to track suspects

A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Friday that police cannot use a Global Positioning System device to track a person's movements for an extended time without a warrant,
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Employee Fired for Refusing to Disclose Weight

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says employers asking about weight does not break any state or federal law, though it discourages their doing so unless it's job-related. One caveat on asking about weight: If you discriminate on the basis of the information, you may be violating the Americans With Disabilities Act, which includes obesity. Bonifas is not overweight.
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WH proposal would allow for warrant-free internet data access

The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual's Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.
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SMART

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Crowdsource government work « BuzzMachine

Politico reports today that Rupert Murdoch wants to charge the White House $600,000 a year for access to news clips. The White House now pays $100,000 a year to a clipping service and News Corp. want to charge them for access to WSJ news in an apparent bid to make the White House deal directly with its own Factiva.
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Flying Pasties hide your privates from full body scanners

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Flying Pasties aren't stickers or paper cut-outs. They're 2mm thick pieces of rubber that adhere to your skin to cover your breasts and genitalia. According to the manufacturer, when your image appears on the full body scanner monitors, areas of skin covered by the Flying Pasties will not be visible to the security agent.
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Town votes to publicize names of people viewing porn in library

Quincy Councilor Daniel Raymondi has asked Mayor Thomas Koch to make public a list of people who have viewed pornography on library computers within the past year. The council unanimously approved a resolution on the idea last week.
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Court:Employers Can Read Text Messages Sent From Company Property

The court ruled unanimously that employers have the right to read text messages – including personal ones – sent by workers if they have reason to believe that workplace rules are being broken.
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Ore. court: No warrant needed for school drug searches

The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that high school students can be searched for illegal drugs without a warrant if school officials have a reasonable suspicion based on specific facts. The court said Thursday schools are not held to the higher standard of requiring probable cause for a search if officials believe there is an immediate risk of harm from possession of illegal drugs on school grounds.
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Pikk a side- the police or the lady

The lady was in a holding jail and went to the bathroom. They were videotaping her, as they videotape everyone, everywhere for security. There was no sign in the bathroom. She learned of the tape when it was presented in a deposition. She is suing for violation of unreasonable search.
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