CPR for Thursday, October 9, 2008

Privacy groups praise bill curbing warrantless laptop searches
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
By Jaikumar Vijayan October 8, 2008 (Computerworld) Privacy and civil rights groups are welcoming legislation that proposes tough new standards for

Online social networks raise privacy concerns, students say
Brown and White – Bethlehem,PA,USA
Students shared their thoughts about online networking sites and privacy issues. “Our generation is a lot more comfortable with being more public then, say,

Privacy Group Asks States To Investigate MySpace, Facebook
Mediapost.com – New York,NY,USA
by Wendy Davis, Wednesday, Oct 8, 2008 2:26 PM ET The influential privacy organization Center for Digital Democracy has asked authorities in New York and


Reading privacy policies “would take 20 hours a month
PC Pro – London,UK
It would take nearly a day every month to read the privacy policy of every website you visited, according to new research.


Man whose taping led to privacy debate is arrested
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
Earlier cases spawned debate about how much privacy everyday people can expect in public places. Berwick is charged with breach of peace in the latest

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