privacy

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…

4 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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.

7 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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.

9 years ago

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.…

9 years ago

Richmond police debut body cameras

Richmond police officers started using body cameras for the first time this week.

9 years ago

San Jose eyes citizen cameras for security

Security cameras owned by private citizens would feed into a police database in San Jose.

10 years ago

Apple denies it opened ‘backdoor’ to NSA

Apple said Tuesday no "backdoor" exists to give the NSA unfettered access to the iPhone.

10 years ago

Drone testing to begin within 90 days

Federally-approved test drones will launch in Oregon, Nevada and Hawaii through 2017.

10 years ago

Google Glass gains ‘winking’ pictures

Wink-to-snap photos from Google Glass promise to escalate privacy concerns.

10 years ago

Secret court approves more phone tracking

A secret federal court has extended the government's authority to collect phone records.

11 years ago

Facebook handled 25,000 government requests

Facebook said Tuesday it received more than 25,000 government data requests in the first half of 2013.

11 years ago

Yahoo scores win in gover­nment snooping case

A secret court overseeing national security has called for declassifying documents related to PRISM requests.

11 years ago

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.

11 years ago

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.

11 years ago

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.

11 years ago

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