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We all need to protect our private data. Rather than wait to care about your privacy later, it’s better to get started on the right foot!

When you first get a new Windows computer (or set up an old one), you might be focused on downloading your favourite apps and transferring your files. This is also a good time to configure your machine to protect your privacy.
Read more: http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2015/07/08/configure-windows-10-protect-privacy
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Are you really paranoid? Like, Snowden-level frightened of the Feds? If so, then owning a phone is really not for you! With governments looking to wrap their hands tighter around your personal data, getting a phone that can keep your information safe is paramount. Here are our top picks for super-private devices.
Read more: http://gizmodo.com/the-best-phones-for-the-privacy-obsessed-1715856498
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Critics of the bill believe it would lead to the government gaining backdoor access to communication providers’ services in the name of preventing terrorism!

In a comment that could be a sign of things to come, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron implied the privacy policies of companies such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter are unsustainable, reports Politics.
Talking to Tory Minister of Parliament Henry Bellingham yesterday, Cameron said the U.K. is not a place that will not go into people’s emails and invade their privacy. By that same token, he believes security services should have access to online communications if the U.K. wants to ward off terrorism.
Read more: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/uk-prime-minister-david-cameron-privacy
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In effect, there’s a race to the bottom as companies make representations that are weak and provide little actual privacy protection to consumers!

The privacy policy for Hulu, a video-streaming service with about 9 million subscribers, opens with a declaration that the company “respects your privacy.”
That respect could lapse, however, if the company is ever sold or goes bankrupt. At that point, according to a clause several screens deep in the policy, the host of details Hulu can gather about subscribers — names, birth dates, email addresses, videos watched, device locations and more — could be transferred to “one or more third parties as part of the transaction.” The policy does not promise to contact users if their data changes hands.
Read more: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/top-websites-put-escape-hatches-into-privacy-policies/
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Aliesha Staples operates a drone business and says the possibilities are endless, but can be “scary”!

Industry experts are calling for drone operators to be licensed and want tight restrictions implemented to monitor the growing popularity of unmanned aircraft.
Aliesha Staples operates a drone business and says the possibilities are endless, but can be “scary”.
“The most interesting request we had was a surveillance request. And the scariest request was when someone wanted a fully sold out concert filmed and the drone was going to be flying above people. And we turned that one down quickly,” she said.
Read more: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/scary-privacy-concerns-warrant-tougher-restrictions-drone-use-say-industry-experts-6348487
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Most of us don’t fully understand how privacy works, how it extends beyond our browser history, or how we’re really vulnerable!

When you think about protecting your privacy, you probably think about your Facebook data or text messages. However, as I learned while working for a private investigations company, most of us don’t fully understand how privacy works, how it extends beyond our browser history, or how we’re really vulnerable.
Read more: http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2015/06/24/privacy-isnt-just-digital-learned-private-investigations
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Uber data collection shift should be barred, privacy group urges!

A digital-privacy group has filed a complaint against Uber, saying the company’s new privacy policy says it could use a rider’s location information to track where they are even when the app is running in the background, and also takes issue with the company’s policy regarding collecting address book information. The Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C wants the FTC to investigate.
Read more: http://consumerist.com/2015/06/22/privacy-groups-ftc-complaint-uber-shouldnt-track-users-when-theyre-not-using-the-app/
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We know where you’ve been:
Ars acquires 4.6M license plate scans from the cops!

In a rare move against the advance of license plate readers, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) has vetoed a plan to acquire the scanners in the Bayou State. It had previously passed both houses of the Louisiana legislature overwhelmingly.
Read more: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/louisiana-governor-vetoes-license-plate-reader-bill-citing-privacy-concerns/
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WhatsApp users, your personal data might be at risk!

TWO YEARS SINCE Edward Snowden became a household name, technology companies are competing like never before for privacy bragging rights. In that race, Google may have just dropped out of the lead group. And WhatsApp faceplanted at the starting line.
In the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s annual “Who’s Got Your Back” privacy scorecard that rates companies’ protection of their users’ data from government surveillance and censorship, Google slipped for the first time, receiving only three stars out of five…
Read more: http://www.wired.com/2015/06/rating-tech-giants-privacy-google-slips-whatsapp-fails/
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“It’s really a myth that you need to track people to make money in search!”- Duck Duck Go CEO Gabriel Weinberg

Privacy-first search aggregator DuckDuckDuckGo has grown a whopping 600 percent since NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden began revealing the extent of the US spying apparatus.
The search engine uses sites including Wikipedia, Yandex, Yahoo!, Bing and Yummly and offers users bare-bones search results without the personalisation and tracking wizardry which powers Google.
Chief executive officer Gabriel Weinberg told CNBC it crunches some three billion searches a year. “We’ve grown 600 percent since the surveillance revelations two years ago,” Weinberg says.
Read more: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/18/duckduckgrow_privacy_search_soars_after_snowden_dumps/
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