Privacy

We Can Dream, Can’t We?

The Scrapbook · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

New technology has led to a boom in oil and gas production and turned the nation into a net energy exporter. (AP File)

Should we know who wants to drill on public lands?

Sean Higgins · December 9, 2013 5:00 am

In recent years, many states have passed laws allowing police to take DNA samples at arrest -- before a suspect is charged with a crime, much less found guilty -- and enter them into state-level databases along with the national DNA database run by the FBI. (Thinkstock)

New questions raised about mandatory DNA swabbing by police

Eric Boehm · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Bye-Bye, Privacy

Jonathan V. Last · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

New America concluded that the NSA's phone record collection program "has had no discernible impact on preventing acts of terrorism." (Photo: Thinkstock)

It’s not the Stasi, but the NSA is bad enough

Gene Healy · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

Republican candidate for governor Greg Abbott said Tuesday he supports making it legal to openly carry handguns in public and wants to place stricter limits on state agencies selling personal information from public records. (AP/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas guv hopeful Greg Abbott calls for greater privacy protections

Associated Press · November 13, 2013 5:00 am

In mid-September, an employee for MNsure, Minnesota's new health insurance exchange, accidentally disclosed Social Security numbers belonging to about 1,600 insurance agents. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Audit: Numerous factors aided MNsure data breach

Associated Press · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

From left, Campbell, Andrew Slavitt, group executive vice president for Optum/QSSI, and Lynn Spellecy, corporate counsel for Equifax Workforce Solutions. (AP/ Evan Vucci)

Top healthcare.gov contractor may add to users’ security, privacy worries

Richard Pollock · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Obamacare Website Source Code Revised to Remove ‘No Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy’

Jeryl Bier · October 31, 2013 6:16 pm

For years, critics of President Obama and his administration have complained about a rising disregard for the rule of law. (AP Photo)

Too Big To Manage: Feds invoke ‘privacy’ to shield public employees while snooping on the rest of us

Mark Flatten · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Obamacare Exchange Confirms: ‘We Are Required to Respond to Certain Requests from Law Enforcement’

Obamacare Exchange Confirms: ‘We Are Required to Respond to Certain Requests from Law Enforcement’

Jeryl Bier · October 14, 2013 6:12 pm

Obamacare Website Source Code: ‘No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy’

Jeryl Bier · October 14, 2013 3:29 pm