Microsoft Sues The Feds Over Secret Searches

The legal privacy wars between tech giants and the United States government continue to heat up. First, Apple fought the federal government over iPhone encryption and now Microsoft is suing the U.S. Department of Justice and Attorney General Loretta Lynch over unconstitutional information requests and secretive customer data searches. Microsoft is accusing the United States […]

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Uber Settles Background Check Suit

Uber’s recent legal problems over their background check policies for drivers shows how employee screening procedures can be problematic and expensive for companies. In 2014, two of California’s District Attorneys for the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles filed a lawsuit against Uber’s ride-sharing service for making misleading statements to consumers regarding the company’s […]

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People Sharing Less Personal Info On Facebook

Either people are getting more serious about keeping their personal information offline, or the excitement of social media mania is starting to decline with the masses. Whatever the reason, people are sharing fewer and fewer personal updates on Facebook. This is a serious problem for the world’s largest social network which has built a billion […]

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FBI Warns: Online Dating Scams On The Rise

Last week the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned the public that online dating scams targeting lonely and lovelorn people are on the rise. The FBI plans to investigate and prosecute online dating scammers with their new anti-crime initiative “Operation Romeo and Juliet.” According to the FBI, an ever-increasing number of Americans from every age group […]

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