The World from PRX

internet privacy

Law enforcement officials stand in front of an Operation Trojan Shield logo at a news conference
Cybersecurity
Global police sting raises questions on surveillance and privacy
A photo of papers
Cybersecurity
The census goes digital — 3 things to know
A woman takes tampon boxes out of a supermarket shelf in Buenos Aires January 16, 2015.  
Period apps share your fertility data with Facebook
Margrethe Vestager
Environment
Europe is not afraid to regulate Big Tech. EU Competition Commissioner Vestager explains why.
A set of hands type on a keyboard
Technology
Clean up your cyber-hygiene — 6 changes to make in the new year
A red map of China seen through a magnifying glass on computer screen showing binary digits
Global Politics
China exports its restrictive internet policies to dozens of countries, says Freedom House
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg listens while testifying before a joint Senate
Justice
Lawmakers want to know about Facebook’s operations beyond the US
WhatsApp and Facebook messenger icons are seen on an iPhone in Manchester , Britain March 27, 2017.
Global Politics
The new DHS plan to gather social media information has privacy advocates up in arms
"Medical record"
Business
Do you know what’s in your medical records?
Environment
Who’s tracking your online activities
Entrepreneur and author Andrew Keen argues that the free model of the Internet isn’t really free at all.
Technology
The Internet may be hurting all of us
Brazilian activists hold Snowden masks
Technology
‘Privacy isn’t dead:’ Snowden’s South American legacy grows as Brazil’s crypto movement marches on
Samsung smart TV
Technology
Your smart TV may be spying on you — and stopping it is against the law
A man uses his phone to read updates about former American NSA contractor Edward Snowden answering users' questions on Twitter.
Technology
To see the changes Edward Snowden wrought, just look at your smartphone
The homepage to Silk Road 2.0, allegedly an underground drug market, is seen in a screenshot after it was closed by U.S. authorities November 6, 2014. U.S. authorities said Thursday they have shut down the successor website to Silk Road, an underground on
Technology
International coalition moves to take down the dark side of the web
Satellite dishes at GCHQ's outpost at Bude, close to where trans-Atlantic fiber-optic cables come ashore in Cornwall, southwest England.
Justice
Why British intelligence wants your Facebook data
An anti-government protester kicks a surveillance camera during clashes with police in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on February 7, 2014.
Conflict
What keeps you awake at night?
Mysterious keyboard
Business
A new online tracking tool may be shadowing you on the web
Mysterious keyboard
Business
A new online tracking tool may be shadowing you on the web
An attendee takes a photograph of the Google self-driving vehicle outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California May 13, 2014.
Environment
Should we have a ‘right to be forgotten’ on the Net?
Environment
In Toronto, the WiFi may come with a side of electronic snooping
Facebook
Arts, Culture & Media
Meet the Irish man responsible for protecting millions of Facebook users
Former NSA monitoring base in Germany
Environment
Blippex offers a new, and private, way of searching — but privacy is elusive
Global Politics
Snowden’s disclosure prompts global debate over privacy versus national security
Environment
Teens, sharing more online, increasingly aware of maintaining privacy
Arts, Culture & Media
In new memoir, former Facebook employee questions role of social media
Environment
Google warns users of suspected state-sponsored hacks
Environment
Connecticut Senator discusses opposition to employers requesting social passwords
Environment
Controversy erupts over employers asking for social media site passwords
Environment
Growing number of firms seek to alter your search reputation
Environment
The Amazon through Google’s ‘Street View’
Privacy smackdown: Facebook vs activists
Global Politics
Europe’s problem with Google and privacy
Should adoptees own their original birth certificates?
Environment
Smart meters, privacy nightmares
Environment
Facebook’s privacy invasion: Can’t stop, won’t stop
Environment
Your privacy in a Google world
Transparency, Secrecy and Freedom: The History of Privacy and Democracy
Did We Give The Government Permission to Spy on Us?
Cell Phone Data a Legal Gray Area in the Courts
How Old is Old Enough for Facebook?
Organ Donation in the Age of Social Networking
Google Street View for the Amazon
Google’s New Privacy Policy
Global Politics
Cookies
Arts, Culture & Media
Google Begins ‘Street View’ Project of the Amazon
New Police Technology Raises Privacy Concerns
Conflict & Justice
Privacy Concerns Over New FBI Manual
Top of the Hour: Google Hacked in China, Morning Headlines
Google Blames China for Hacking
Conflict & Justice
Twitter fires up privacy debate in Britain
Facebook vs. Google in PR Bashup
Conflict & Justice
Should You Care that Your iPhone is Tracking You?
Global Politics
American Technology to Protect International Activists
Global Politics
Cookies
Conflict & Justice
FTC supports ‘opt out’ option for Internet browser monitoring
Conflict & Justice
CIA and Google invest in web monitoring company
Conflict & Justice
Privacy in the time of Facebook
Conflict & Justice
Is Facebook going too far with privacy changes?
Conflict & Justice
Takeouts: Bernanke’s plan to raise interest rates, test driving Google Buzz