Privacy news from FierceCIO

The Supreme Court is joining the digital age in what could be a major decision for 21st century technology. It's agreed to decide whether an employer violated a worker's constitutional rights to... Read more...

Google took its own major transparency step last week, unveiling Google dashboard which is designed to let users see and control the extensive amount of data that Google has stored in its servers... Read more...

Bell Canada's use of deep packet inspection (DPI) technologies has resulted in a complaint raised over the potential invasion of privacy. The complaint was filed by the Canadian Internet Policy

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Compliance with federal, state, and international privacy and security laws and regulations often is more an interpretive art than an empirical science, and is frequently a matter that requires... Read more...

Companies today have to be extremely careful not to let personal or private data get into the wrong hands. One way of doing this is called anonymization, which "shreds" information, allowing... Read more...

I'm pretty sure that when HP leaders decided to embark on an investigation into board leaks to the media none of them expected the decision would land them in a public scandal that would draw... Read more...

If your company relies on data for business operations and is busy buying up data records -- or even selling customer data to other businesses as a revenue line -- you need to make sure everyone's... Read more...

Last year more than 3,000 Minnesota residents were victims of identity theft and the growing concern is prompting state leaders to undertake a reform of how confidential and private data is... Read more...

The Feds are on the hunt for better and more sophisticated data mining tools, even while current practices are gathering attention over privacy issues. The dust being kicked up over how much Uncle... Read more...