A new feature on Google called Interactive Account Manager now allows Google users to selected trusted contacts to receive data from many Google services. On April 11, 2013 posted a blog entitled “Plan your digital afterlife with Inactive Account Manager.” Amusingly enough Google admits the title for the new service…

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FairSearch.org filed a complaint with the EU asserting that Google’s use of the Android operating system dominates the mobile marketplace and is anticompetitive. FairSearch states that it “is an international coalition of 17 specialized search and technology companies whose members include Expedia, Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle, and TripAdvisor.” In the…

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Secret offshore banks accounts and shell companies were disclosed with a data leak of an estimated value of TRILLIONS of dollars. The 2.5 million files were released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) which is “an active global network of 160 reporters in more than 60 countries…

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Google’s March 2012 Privacy Policy has never been well-received in the EU, and after waiting for Google to change its Privacy Policy the EU now plans to take action. The CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés) announced on April 2, 2013 that 6 EU states have launched coordinated…

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The supreme court in NY ruled that Internet businesses should be taxed on an equal footing with brick-and-mortar businesses, which likely lead to a US Supreme Court challenge. Accounting Today reported that the NY Court of Appeals, ruled 4-1 on March 28, 2013 that Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman wrote for…

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World-wide law enforcement agencies requested information regarding 137,424 Microsoft and Skype accounts in 2012 based 75,378 requests for customer information. Microsoft’s General Counsel Brad Smith blogged that the Microsoft’s first Law Enforcement Report includes customer requests for:

 Skype, Hotmail, Outlook.com, SkyDrive, Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Account, and Office 365.

In…

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Privacy of GPS data location in the US may improve if Congress passes the proposed bill that would require court-order search warrants before law enforcement can obtain GPS data. Although a similar bill was introduced in 2011 it failed to become law, however the pervasive use of GPS by law…

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