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Privacy News- EU urges Google to delay start of new privacy policy February 4, 2012BRUSSELS - The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's laws.Google publicized its new privacy rules - which regulate how the... […]
- Briefcase February 4, 2012Shareholders sue Hecla after closureSome shareholders have sued Hecla Mining Co. for stock losses they endured after the federal government shut down the Lucky Friday Mine for safety violations. The Bricklayers of Western Pennsylvania Pension Plan this... […]
- Data theft leads to debt collector's license suspension February 3, 2012Minnesota has suspended the debt collections license of an Illinois company that lost a laptop computer containing medical records of thousands of patients at Fairview and North Memorial hospitals last summer.Accretive Health Inc. is also being sued by... […]
- STATE: 911 privacy? No February 3, 2012Restraining California’s fascination with celebrities does not justify government secrecy. Legislators should reject a proposal to make some 911 calls confidential. Hindering the public’s capacity to gauge the performance of emergency services would be... […]
- Oregon Rep. Dennis Richardson surveys employees; opponents call him 'spam king' February 3, 2012A Republican state legislator who says he was just trying to get ideas about how to cut state spending has caused the latest public-records flap in Salem by obtaining hundreds of thousands of personal email addresses of state employees and others with... […]
- Oregon legislator surveys employees; opponents call him 'spam king' February 3, 2012A Republican state legislator who says he was just trying to get ideas about how to cut state spending has caused the latest public-records flap in Salem by obtaining hundreds of thousands of personal email addresses of state employees and others with... […]
- Army probes crime lab workers after critical news reports February 3, 2012_ WASHINGTON The inquiry was launched after a McClatchy Newspapers reporter asked questions late last year about the lab losing evidence. A command spokesman characterized the investigation as looking into violations of privacy law, but the investigation... […]
- EU probes new Google privacy policy February 3, 2012BRUSSELS The European Unions data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesnt break the blocs data protection laws. Google publicized its new privacy rules which... […]
- Poland halts copyright law after mass protests February 3, 2012WARSAW, Poland -; Poland's prime minister says he is suspending the ratification process for an international copyright treaty after widespread protests and attacks on government websites. Donald Tusk said Friday that first a wider discussion must be... […]
- EU regulators want Google to halt new privacy policy February 3, 2012BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A group of European regulators has written to Google Inc calling on it to halt the introduction of its new privacy policy, saying it needs to investigate whether the proposals sufficiently protect users' data. Google said in January... […]
- EU urges Google to delay start of new privacy policy February 4, 2012

