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    • White House Proposes Consumer Cybersecurity Measures

      President Barack Obama proposed new legislation aimed at combating online fraud, protecting digital privacy and creating new corporate responsibilities in the event of data breaches.

    • Reddit AMA About Data Surveillance and Digital Privacy

      Live now: WSJ reporter hosts Reddit AMA on data surveillance and digital privacy.

    • Websites Wary of Facebook Tracking

      Fearing the growing clout of Facebook, some publishers and retailers are reprogramming their websites to send less data back to the social network about who visits their sites.

      Websites Wary of Facebook Tracking

    • What You Can Do About Facebook Tracking

      How to Understand the Social Network's Privacy Policy and Take Control of Targeted Ads

    • How to Quit Facebook, and Other Questions About Fighting Tracking

      Last week, Geoffrey Fowler wrote a primer for Facebook members about how the social network increasingly tracks our activities. Here are answers to some of the most common reader questions about Facebook tracking, and how to stop it.

      How to Quit Facebook, and Other Questions About Fighting Tracking

    • A Year After Snowden, Tech Companies Are More Transparent

      A report Thursday by a digital-privacy group shows that many communications companies have taken new steps in the past year to shed light on government requests and lobby Washington to say more.

      A Year After Snowden, Tech Companies Are More Transparent

    • “More to Hide Than You Think”: Reddit AMA on Digital Privacy

      WSJ's privacy reporter Jennifer Valentino-Devries fielded questions on Reddit about how the government monitors and what we can do to protect ourselves online.

      “More to Hide Than You Think”: Reddit AMA on Digital Privacy

    • A Worrisome Ruling

      By Glenda Toma
      The debate on regulating digital privacy.

    • How to Use Edward Snowden’s Three Tips for Digital Privacy

      Edward Snowden says he has been able to outfox U.S. officials using encryption. During a webcast at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, he shared privacy tips for the rest of us: Encrypt your hard drive, use browser plug-ins that keep organizations or companies from tracking you online, and cover your tracks with Tor, an online network that promises anonymity.

      How to Use Edward Snowden’s Three Tips for Digital Privacy

    • Web Privacy Could Spark U.S.-EU Rift

      France fined Google for privacy violations, the latest flare-up in a long disagreement between Brussels and Washington over digital privacy, fueled by outrage over allegations of U.S. spying via American companies.

      Web Privacy Could Spark U.S.-EU Rift

    • The Morning Download: Taming the Data Plague

      Good morning. The technology used by the National Security Agency (among others) to eavesdrop on phone conversations and online activities isn't an esoteric piece of spyware; it's available to everyone, and it's relatively inexpensive. The irony is that much of it was designed by the very companies that are now forcibly complicit in this erosion of our digital privacy -- notably Google and Facebook, which helped develop systems for distributing massive computing tasks across vast arrays of inexpensive hardware and free software.

    • Survey Roundup: Justifying Fraud to Survive a Downturn

      A survey finds 6% of respondents said it is OK to commit fraud on a financial statement to help the business survive an economic downturn, up from 5% in 2013.

    • A New Tool in the Battle Against Patent Trolls: Shame

      With a federal crackdown on “patent trolls” stalled, startups and small companies are turning to a low-cost tactic to combat frivolous patent claims.

      A New Tool in the Battle Against Patent Trolls: Shame

    • High Court to Weigh Cellphone Searches

      The Supreme Court will consider Tuesday whether police need a warrant to search a suspect's cellphone, in two appeals that could define the parameters of law enforcement tapping into the trove of data stored on smartphones.

      High Court to Weigh Cellphone Searches

    • Germany Alleges U.S. Spied on Merkel

      Germany said it believed U.S. intelligence may be spying on the chancellor's cellphone, an intrusion that it said would constitute a "grave breach of trust" between the longtime allies.

      Germany Alleges U.S. Spied on Merkel

    • Pirate Bay Co-Founder Plans Encrypted Messaging App

      One of the founders of the Pirate Bay file-sharing site is planning an easy-to-use messaging app that keeps conversations secret from governments and companies -- even the app-makers themselves.

      Pirate Bay Co-Founder Plans Encrypted Messaging App

    • How Much Do You Know About Data Privacy? Test Yourself

      A quiz to find out whether you understand what everybody is so nervous about.

      How Much Do You Know About Data Privacy? Test Yourself

    • Is Facebook Planning a Move into Health?

      Facebook is mulling the creation of health apps as part of an initiative that could also include online “support communities,” according to a report.

      Is Facebook Planning a Move into Health?

    • 5 Things to Read this Weekend

      It’s the weekend. Time to catch up on all the things you didn’t have time to read this week. Here are some selections from the Journal for your weekend reading list.

      5 Things to Read this Weekend
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