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Becerra sues Facebook over ‘inadequate’ response to privacy investigation
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra went to court in San Francisco Wednesday in a bid to force Facebook Inc. to provide more information for an investigation of possible violations...Read More
Man arrested on suspicion of filming mall dressing room
A man was arrested Saturday for allegedly hiding a recording device in a dressing room at a Pleasanton Mall, police said Monday.Read More
Court rules State Bar applicants personal information is private
A judge ruled Monday to affirm the State Bar of California's decision to protect the personal information of bar applicants.Read More
Comcast to pay $33.4 million for releasing unlisted phone numbers
The CPUC approved a settlement requiring Comcast to pay $33.4 million for releasing the unlisted phone numbers of nearly 75,000 customers.Read More
Body cameras to watch over SF jail guards
San Francisco sheriff's deputies working as jail guards may be the first county jail guards in California to wear body-worn cameras.Read More
Sprint fined $15 million over wiretap fees
Sprint has agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle allegations that it overcharged law enforcement agencies for carrying out court-ordered wiretaps.Read More
Union accuses SF Zoo of bugging employees
Teamsters officials say Zoo executives have radios equipped with spyware giving them the capability to listen in on employees' private conversations.Read More
Two-year Berkeley drone ban set for vote
The Berkeley City Council Tuesday night will consider a proposal to impose a two-year moratorium on drones.Read More
Obama urges partnership to fight cybercrime
President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday encouraging the private sector to share cybersecurity threat information with the U.S. government.Read More
Richmond police debut body cameras
Richmond police officers started using body cameras for the first time this week.Read More
San Jose eyes citizen cameras for security
Security cameras owned by private citizens would feed into a police database in San Jose.Read More
Apple denies it opened ‘backdoor’ to NSA
Apple said Tuesday no "backdoor" exists to give the NSA unfettered access to the iPhone.Read More
Drone testing to begin within 90 days
Federally-approved test drones will launch in Oregon, Nevada and Hawaii through 2017.Read More
Google Glass gains ‘winking’ pictures
Wink-to-snap photos from Google Glass promise to escalate privacy concerns.Read More
Secret court approves more phone tracking
A secret federal court has extended the government's authority to collect phone records.Read More
Facebook handled 25,000 government requests
Facebook said Tuesday it received more than 25,000 government data requests in the first half of 2013.Read More
Yahoo scores win in government snooping case
A secret court overseeing national security has called for declassifying documents related to PRISM requests.Read More
The creepy details of Facebook’s Graph Search
Facebook's Graph Search allows strangers to discover information about you that you may not have intended them to find.Read More
Facebook searching for some buzz
Facebook announced a new tool to allow users to query their friends' and public data on the huge social network.Read More
Facebook privacy flub exposes Zuck family photo
Mark Zuckerberg's sister tweeted her frustration when a family photo went viral after being posted as 'public' on Facebook.Read More