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Scary! YouTube ordered to hand your viewing history to Viacom: But there's a silver lining to one of the most bone-headed legal decisions in recent times.; Farhad Manjoo Jul 3, 2008
Is your Internet address "personal information"?: European regulators consider a privacy plan that irks Google.; By Farhad Manjoo Jan 22, 2008
Mike McConnell wants to track all Internet traffic: You know, to protect us!; By Farhad Manjoo Jan 14, 2008
Ask.com's privacy "eraser" misses a few spots: The search engine launches a useful but flawed effort to keep your search queries secret.; By Farhad Manjoo Dec 11, 2007
Facebook finally lets users turn off privacy-invading ads: The social network acknowledges its mistake in its plan to send ads to its members' friends.; By Farhad Manjoo Dec 6, 2007
Facebook caves on privacy-invading ads, kind of: The social network makes some positive changes to its Beacon ad program.; By Farhad Manjoo Nov 30, 2007
Facebook: Shut down that privacy-invading ad program!: The social network tells your friends what you're doing on other Web sites. How is that OK?; Nov 29, 2007
What's the most private search engine of them all?: Ask, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have all announced new efforts to bolster privacy on their sites. Here's a run-down of what each says it will do with your data.; By Farhad Manjoo Jul 23, 2007
Could German anti-terrorism laws shut down Gmail?: New regulations limiting online anonymity may force Google to close its e-mail service for German users.; By Farhad Manjoo Jun 25, 2007
A court rules your e-mail is private: People have a reasonable expectation of privacy when they communicate over e-mail -- but how long will that last?; By Farhad Manjoo Jun 20, 2007
Google will keep your search for 18 months: The search engine's new data retention policy is notable for being unique: Other companies keep your search terms forever.; By Farhad Manjoo Jun 12, 2007
My husband read my journal: There were some pretty unflattering things in there, written before we were married.; By Cary Tennis May 3, 2007
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: The yellowing of America: Baseball to force off-field employees to fill jars to prove themselves innocent of drug use.; Mar 2, 2007
Should I give my boyfriend the key to my apartment?: I know it would be convenient, and we've been together seven years, but I just don't want to.; By Cary Tennis Feb 12, 2007
I could have had celebrity sex -- but I stuck to my principles: I fell hard for a high-level business leader -- until she abruptly turned off the charm.; By Cary Tennis Jan 8, 2007
Abortion troubles in Australia: The Australian Medical Association brawls with the country's health ministry over antiabortion misinformation and privacy violations.; Page Rockwell Aug 3, 2006
It's about competence, among other things: If the Bush administration is so concerned about Americans' privacy, why did the VA wait two weeks to report data theft?; Tim Grieve May 24, 2006
Principal tattles to mom, lesbian teen sues: A 17-year-old can sue her school district and principal, after she's outed to her mother.; Katharine Mieszkowski Dec 2, 2005
The checkout line -- or the check-you-out line?: For librarians, new identification chips in books make life easier. But civil libertarians say the smart books are a scary invasion of privacy; By Katharine Mieszkowski Jul 26, 2004
Safe and insecure: I opened up my wireless home network to the world, and I've never felt more comfortable.; By Micah Joel May 18, 2004
Don't be afraid of the big bad Gmail: Privacy advocates are frothing about Google's plan to scan e-mail for advertising purposes. A report from an early tester of the service says their concerns are overblown.; By Mathew Honan Apr 26, 2004
The curse of the biometric future: There's a market for software that recognizes your face and fingerprints, but also increasing fear that Big Brother will be the one staring hard at your eyes and nose.; By Sam Williams Feb 26, 2004
Acxiom is watching you: Whenever you book a flight, this data-mining colossus will be turning over its files to John Ashcroft. Why did Wesley Clark lobby for what could become the biggest snooping operation of all time?; By Farhad Manjoo Feb 10, 2004
Don't look now, but the dean is watching: Pressured by the double whammy of feds looking for terrorists and the music industry chasing file sharers, universities are keeping a close eye on student Internet use.; By Annalee Newitz Nov 12, 2003
Brave new skies: Soon, the government and the travel industry may be able to find out everything naughty and nice about you before you board your flight.; By Farhad Manjoo Sep 4, 2003

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