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Privacy has become one of the defining issue of the Information Age. CIS has received national recognition for its interdisciplinary and multi-angle examination of privacy, particularly as it relates to emerging technology.
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Big Brother Wants Your Facebook Password
CIS Non-Residential Fellow Catherine Crump quoted in this BusinessWeek article.
If you want to become a state trooper in Virginia, you should probably delete any indelicate information you have on Facebook. During the job interview process, the Virginia State Police requires all applicants to sign into Facebook, Twitter, and any social-networking site to which they regularly post information in front of an administrator. Read more about Big Brother Wants Your Facebook Password
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New Federal Internet Privacy Standards Introduced
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Senators Ask Feds to Probe Requests for Passwords