Samsung’s Smart TV ‘surveillance’ prompts FTC complaint
A complaint filed by a privacy group to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charged that Samsung’s Smart TVs intercept and record private communications of consumers in their homes, violating a number of rules including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The Electronic Privacy Information Center has asked the FTC to investigate and stop the practice […]
FBI seeks social media monitoring tool
In a move that’s unlikely to sit well with privacy advocates, the FBI has begun scouting for a tool that will allow it to gather and mine data from social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and blogs. The objective is to use the software to stay on most sensible of breaking occasions, incidents and emerging threats, […]