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DeCSS Allies Ganging Up

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A federal court decision that restricted a DVD-descrambling program ignores free speech rights and should be overturned, eight different coalitions claim. The groups, representing everyone from cryptographers to journalists, have ganged up to attack the ruling in separate amicus briefs scheduled . . .

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Protecting Privacy: Europe's As Bad As U.S.

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Despite tighter regulations, European website operators are no better at protecting the privacy of visitors than their U.S. counterparts, according a study released Thursday. Two-thirds of the 751 websites in the United States and Europe surveyed by the advocacy group Consumers . . .

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Web sites fail to protect privacy

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The vast majority of European and US Web sites are failing to protect users' privacy, according to a UK-based consumer interest group Thursday. Consumers International, which represents 263 consumer organisations, says that hardly any Internet sites which collect . . .

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DEA data theft raises privacy concerns

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The prosecution of a Drug Enforcement Administration officer in Los Angeles on charges of selling data from a variety of restricted databases has privacy advocates again questioning whether government protections on private data are strict enough.

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Resumes Get Hijacked Online

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What a precious document is your resume - the deeply personal record of your status and achievement, your whole life contained in a couple of absolutely priceless pages. And on the open market, it is worth about 7 cents. . . .

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More privacy to come this year

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Having failed to pass any meaningful Internet privacy legislation last year even with a resounding mandate from most voters, Congress cannot afford to miss another opportunity to enact online privacy laws this year, lest the Internet be gridlocked by a myriad . . .

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