Responding to privacy concerns from groups regarding the length of time and amount of information that search engines store on users, Microsoft announced that it will remove the IP addresses associated with Bing searches after six months. User data from Bing searches had previously been saved by Microsoft for 18 months. Microsoft has agreed to […]
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A new data mining system, similar to the ones used by Homeland Security agencies, is being used by the New York State Department of Taxation to catch tax fraud by individuals and businesses. The use of data mining to catch tax cheats is the brainchild of Bill Comiskey, deputy commissioner fo the Office of Tax […]
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An Indiana state bill that would stop public access to a gun permit database is working its way through the state legislature. The Indiana bill was introduced after complaints about news reports that used the public database to publicize problems with the process by which gun permits are granted. Indiana’s House Natural Resources Committee unanimously […]
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Two Cleveland city police officers were sentenced Thursday in Cleveland’s Muni Court after admitting that they used a police department database for personal use. Judge Michael Ryan sentenced Officer Samuel Feldman to four days in jail and a year probation. Feldman pleaded no contest on four counts of unauthorized use of property. Officer Andrea Viccario […]
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When a Georgia mom and her daughters logged into their Facebook accounts from mobile phones last week they were shocked to find that they had access to other people’s Facebook accounts with total access to their personal data. The mistake was the result of a network routing glitch from the family’s wireless carrier AT&T that […]
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