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Hacker posts Chilean government data on 6 million
Chile's remarkably lax data and privacy protections are in the spotlight as a hacker -- looking to do exactly that -- posts personal data on around 6 million Chileans. Read more...

Restaurant chain served up payment card data to hackers

Civic groups urge DOJ probe of possible Google-Yahoo deal

Google grilled on human rights at shareholders meeting

Google takes Street View snaps in Paris; lawsuits could follow

FBI agrees to withdraw National Security Letter served on Internet Archive

Privacy watchdog ratchets up effort to get county court to block document access

California court posting SSNs and other personal data, privacy advocates charge

Nigerian gets 18 months for cyberattack on NASA employee

Travel group warns: Corporate data at risk from laptop searches at border

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Opinion: Benefits of personal health records will eclipse privacy concerns
Jay Cline says the promise of big profits will compel the early providers of personal health records to adopt strict privacy and security practices. The real question is, Which platform will we trust most?

Opinion: Finding safety from government's prying eyes
Enterprises must take steps to avoid the disruption that could result from a recent federal appeals court ruling on the seizure of laptops at the border.

Opinion: Security ahead of risk at the border
Computerworld and other publications have already discussed how to behave during a Customs search of your computer and gear, but Jon Espenschied has tips for securing your data (and privacy) before you reach the border.

Opinion: A spring cleaning for security
The column undertakes spring cleaning as the writer checks in on issues raised by "In Security" over the past year. He's got good news and bad news...

Opinion: Telling Google and others to do less evil
In Europe, they still cling to the quaint idea that people have a right to privacy, and the European Union has issued a draft report that clashes with search engine policies about collecting and maintaining user data.

Shhh! Privacy, Please
Librarians have done battle with the government to protect patrons' privacy. Columnist Mark Hall asks: How far will you go to defend the privacy of your customers' and employees' personal data?

Planning a company social network? Don't forget privacy issues
Jay Cline believes corporations need to undergo a rigorous privacy risk assessment before jumping onto the Web 2.0 bandwagon.

Opinion: Sequoia & e-voting... the best government money can buy
Robert X. Cringely beholds the mess in Jersey and asks if our votes count when corporate and public interests collide.

When does a privacy breach cause harm?
Jay Cline believes changes in other countries' laws will pressure the U.S. to expand its notion of privacy harm beyond fraudulent account transactions.

Opinion: Not where they think you are
Whatever Hans Reiser's guilt or innocence, says Jon Espenschied, using mobile-phone usage records as evidence of location is dicey business.

A role on an IT help desk is what you make of it, tech pros say — just don't get too comfy.
Web-based e-mail may be exposing you to privacy and security dangers you didn't sign up for.
Ever been tempted to replace the mechanical hard drive in your laptop with a shiny new solid-state disk? Our expert did so, and here's what he found.
PARC showed erasable paper and other technologies that adds intelligence to documents with raw text.
Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.
Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?
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