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Google in talks with privacy regulators over ‘right to be forgotten’
One year after the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled that individuals have the right to ask search engines to remove certain search results about them, Google has published some stati...
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Internet.org: Too good to be true?
Mark Zuckerberg never sleeps. With Facebook now topping 1.44 billion active users worldwide, the founder of the social network could rest on his laurels. Instead, he and other Facebook executives hav...
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Great white north goes pro-spy with Bill C-51
Canadians aren't regarded as masters of intrigue and secrecy. While the country's intelligence service, CSIS, is decently funded and provides a measure of protection to citizens, it's got nothing on t...
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Protecting your digital rights: Who is Access?
Digital freedoms are under attack worldwide. In countries like France and Turkey, governments are pushing for greater access to citizens' data without their consent, ostensibly to improve “security�...
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Renew or repeal? Spy law battle heats up on Capitol Hill
On June 1st, one controversial section of the Patriot Act — Section 215 — expires. Both the NSA and the FBI are fighting hard to have this legislation and its accompanying powers extended, while p...
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Going dark: New Australian law spurs VPN interest
It’s official: Yesterday we wrote about a new data retention law in Australia that compels ISPs to save user “metadata” for two years and supply it without a warrant on demand from federal agen...
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Why we think the Australian Data Retention Law is a terrible idea
This article was originally published on April 13, 2015. Over the past few weeks, Australian Internet users have been troubled by the implications of Parliament passing the mandatory metadata retentio...
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FBI’s plan to expand hacking power advances despite privacy fears
This post was originally published on March 30, 2015. Last Monday the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules sanctioned a rule change that will expand the FBI’s authority to use ha...
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Live in Australia? Your data may be snatched from you in the near future
This post was originally published on March 26, 2015. After several days of debate, the Australian government finally secured a deal with the opposition party on Thursday which saw the passing of new ...
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Wikimedia Foundation & rights groups sue NSA over mass surveillance
This post was originally published on March 16, 2015. Jimmy Wales' Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia, has announced its intention to file a lawsuit against the Nationa...
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