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Privacy watchdogs urge new probe of Google

Jessica Guynn, Jim Puzzanghera Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 9:07am

SAN FRANCISCO -- Privacy watchdogs are urging the nation's top law enforcer to launch a new investigation into Google Inc. after the Federal Communications Commission did not find evidence that the Mountain View, Calif., company broke eavesdropping laws in collecting Internet data from millions of unknowing U.S. households.

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ACLU questions cellphone tracking policies of law enforcement

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 6:30am

OGDEN — The Weber County Sheriff’s Office typically doesn’t obtain probable cause warrants to track cellphones in criminal investigations, according to a new national study by the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Judge rules open court for Hoggan appearances over alleged Roy High bomb plot

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 9:17pm

OGDEN — Juvenile Court Judge Janice Frost ruled Thursday that all future actions in her court will be open if they are connected with Joshua Hoggan, one of two youths charged with plotting to explode a bomb at Roy High School.

Frost said Utah law and the public’s interest in her court’s decisions outweigh whether Hoggan will be embarrassed, or his ability to be rehabilitated harmed, by public access.

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Bill addresses outstanding warrants

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 11:57pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to create a state database program to deal with a growing number of outstanding warrants has passed the Senate.

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You may soon be able to keep your birth date private

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 8:38pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Voters may be able to keep their birth dates private under a bill making its way through the Legislature.

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Privacy bill passes House committee

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 12:50am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Loma McKinnon wonders why she can't vote and have her privacy, too.

The senior citizen was among a handful of people who testified Monday in favor of House Bill 304, a measure that would limit the ability of the state to make public some birth date information from voter registration.

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Bill would protect registered voters from identity theft

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 12:44am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Roy lawmaker doesn't think the state should be a partner in aiding identity thieves by selling current voter registration information, including emails and birth dates.

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Senator plans to hold hearing on Facebook tracking of users

Jessica Guynn Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 6:13pm

Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, said he would hold a hearing to look into reports that Facebook tracks its users on the Web after they log out.

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(CARLOS OSORIO/The Associated Press) The General Motors OnStar command center is shown in Detroit, in this Feb. 6, 2006 file photo. The OnStar automobile communication service maintains its two-way connection with a customer even after the service is discontinued and reserves the right to sell data from that connection. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York calls that a blatant invasion of privacy and is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate. Schumer is announcing the effort Sunday Sept. 25, 2011 by releasing a letter to the Federal Trade Commission seeking an investigation.

NY Sen. Schumer accuses OnStar of invading privacy

Michael Gormley The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 4:34pm

ALBANY, N.Y. — The OnStar automobile communication service used by 6 million Americans maintains its two-way connection with a customer even after the service is discontinued, while reserving the right to sell data from that connection.

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(Associated Press file photo) The World Trade Center towers burn and one starts to fall on September 11, 2001.

Impacts of 9/11 far-reaching -- and local

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 10, 2011 - 12:35am

OGDEN -- All Utahns go through intense security at the airport because of the terrorist attacks 10 years ago Sunday, but how many know:

Why one museum's volunteers had to have background checks before they could show visitors the displays?

Why there are so many Saudi students in Utah and so few Iranians?

Why the books you check out at the library could still get you in trouble?

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(Lee Jin-man/The Associated Press) A man passes by an Apple iPhone advertisement at downtown Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2011. A group of nearly 27,000 South Koreans is suing Apple for $26 million for what they claim are privacy violations from the collection of iPhone user location information.

SKoreans sue Apple over iPhone user information

Kelly Olsen The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 7:07am

SEOUL, South Korea — A group of some 27,000 South Koreans is suing Apple for $26 million for what they claim are privacy violations from the collection of iPhone user location information.

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TSA: No more airport naked scanner images

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 1:44pm

LOS ANGELES -- Say goodbye to naked scanner images.

The Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday that it will begin installing software to allow airport scanners to show objects hidden under the clothes of passengers without creating what appears to be a naked digital image of the travelers.

The full-body scanners now operating at 78 airports across the country use low levels of radiation to look through the clothing of screened passengers to create an image that TSA officials can view to find hidden weapons or contraband.

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Case spurs debate on how private inmates' phone calls are

Tim Gurrister, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 12:00am

OGDEN -- Just how much privacy you're entitled to if you telephone an inmate in jail is "an intriguing issue" looming in a coming murder trial, says Deputy Weber County Attorney Reed Richards.

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(KRISTIN HEINICHEN/Standard-Examiner) House Majority Leader Rep. Brad Dee (center, standing), R-Washington Terrace, listens as another representative shares his views on HB477 during a House of Representatives caucus session Friday at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City.

Utah Legislature repeals HB477

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Friday, March 25, 2011 - 11:04pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Legislature voted in a special session Friday to repeal House Bill 477, the bill that redefined and narrowed Utah's open records law.

The final vote to repeal came after the two houses sent the bill back and forth to each other several times to consider changes.

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HB 477 shows why Utah is also scam capital of the world

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, March 12, 2011 - 11:08pm

Rep. Dixon Pitcher, R-Ogden, says he voted to gut the state's open records law "based on incorrect information," and showed our reporter, Loretta Park, a sheet of paper he was given that highlighted supposed problems with the state's old GRAMA law.

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