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	<description>monitoring the pulse of privacy</description>
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		<title>BBC Click: Facebook&#8217;s battle with privacy and profit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC Click, the media group&#8217;s technology program, focuses on the privacy questions and controversies surrounding social-networking site Facebook. Recently, the Washington Post assessed the growth of Facebook (its membership recently hit 500 million) and the problems that have arisen with the company, including privacy controversies. USA Today also recently reported on the social-networking site&#8217;s troubles over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privacylives.com/bbc-click-facebooks-battle-with-privacy-and-profit/2010/07/29/</link>
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		<title>Washington Post: Momentum building for federal online privacy rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports on Congressional and agency moves toward creating federal online privacy regulations. The article mentions legislative proposals in the House and Senate to protect consumers.
The legislative proposals add momentum to a push by consumer groups to create stronger federal rules for how companies such as Facebook, Apple, Amazon.com and Google can track [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privacylives.com/washington-post-momentum-building-for-federal-online-privacy-rules/2010/07/28/</link>
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		<title>New York Times: In Fighting Crime, How Wide Should a Genetic Net Reach?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports on the issue of genetic privacy as it relates to so-called &#8220;familial searching&#8221; of DNA databases. This type of search is controversial because the “near-match” person is not suspected — but that person’s relatives are. (Last year, George Washington law professor Jeffrey Rosen had an excellent article about increasing pressure for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privacylives.com/new-york-times-in-fighting-crime-how-wide-should-a-genetic-net-reach/2010/07/28/</link>
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		<title>Senator John Kerry Will Introduce Online Privacy Legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sen. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) has announced that he will investigate the issue of online privacy and introduce legislation to protect consumers. Kerry noted that members of the House have also introduced privacy legislation.  Kerry said:
Protecting the privacy of consumers online involves much more than the targeted advertising to which they are subjected.  Such advertising [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privacylives.com/senator-john-kerry-will-introduce-online-privacy-legislation/2010/07/28/</link>
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		<title>Wall Street Journal: Citi Discloses Security Flaw in Its iPhone App</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal reports on a security and privacy problem with Citigroup&#8217;s iPhone application:
Citigroup Inc. said its free U.S. mobile-banking application for Apple Inc.&#8217;s iPhone contained a security flaw and advised its customers to upgrade to a newer version that corrects the problem.
In an incident that highlights the growing security challenges around wireless apps, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privacylives.com/wall-street-journal-citi-discloses-security-flaw-in-its-iphone-app/2010/07/27/</link>
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		<title>WBZ-TV Channel 38: Identity Thieves Use Cars, Fax Machines For Info</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WBZ-TV Channel 38 in Boston has an interesting story about the personal data that can be gathered when an individual sells an old car or fax machine. I&#8217;ve discussed before the privacy problems that can occur because of unsecured office equipment, such as copy machines, that can store private data. Congressman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter (pdf) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.privacylives.com/wbz-tv-channel-38-identity-thieves-use-cars-fax-machines-for-info/2010/07/27/</link>
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