privacy

Civilian drones prepare for takeoff in NW with sheriffs

Tom Banse — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:18:41 +0000

TACOMA, Wash. - Get ready to spot a new kind of "bird" in the sky. Within the next month, the Federal Aviation Administration is expected to green light the use of small unmanned aircraft by emergency services. Some sheriffs' departments in the Northwest are showing interest in these aircraft.

Can capitalism keep Google from becoming evil?

NPR Staff — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:39:55 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGghlPmebCY

Google's new privacy policy will allow tracking across services

Eyder Peralta — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:58:18 +0000

Yesterday afternoon Google announced it was making sweeping changes to its privacy policy beginning March 1. Users can't opt out, so Google is beginning to send notice to its users via email and even on its homepage.

The big change is that Google will now track you across its services. In other words, Google will now, for example, be able to pair information it collects on its email service with information it collects on its search service to really target its advertising.

Starbucks need not "out" job applicants with pot busts

Gary Crawford — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:42:00 +0000

Starbucks Corporation isn't required to disclose the names of potential plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing it of illegally requiring job applicants to reveal past marijuana convictions.

That's what a California appeals court ruled this week. The Seattle-based coffee giant was accused in a 2005 lawsuit of violating a mid-1970s California law that bars employers from asking job seekers about minor marijuana convictions that are more than two years old.