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EBay official: Employees shared Craigslist data

Technology / Internet

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Employees of Internet auction site eBay shared confidential information gained from Craigslist with other employees developing eBay's own online classifieds business, an eBay executive said Wednesday.


Fujitsu Develops Secure USB Memory Device Featuring Automatic Data-Erase Function

Fujitsu Develops Secure USB Memory Device Featuring Automatic Data-Erase Function

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of two new technologies designed to prevent the unwanted disclosure of data from lost universal serial bus (USB) memory devices and prevent uploads to file-sharing ...





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New operations research paper tackles problems facing confidential databases

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 13, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As database managers for websites like the New Zealand census bureau have begun releasing a wide variety of information online, new operations research techniques are helping to balance the public’s right to know with the ...


Photo safeguards confidential information

Photo safeguards confidential information

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 22, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- These days you can take a photograph with almost every mobile phone. However, using this sort of photo to protect confidential data and send it safely is something new. Ileana Buhan, a PhD ...


FDA, EFSA sign food safety science pact

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 03, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Food Safety Authority have signed the first U.S.-European agreement to assess food safety risks.


Patient privacy assured by electronic censor

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 24, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Newly developed software will help to allay patients' fears about who has access to their confidential data. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making describes a comp ...


Insurers shun those taking certain meds and secretly keep blacklist

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Trying to buy health insurance on your own and have gallstones? You'll automatically be denied coverage. Rheumatoid arthritis? Automatic denial. Severe acne? Probably denied. Do you take Metformin, a popular drug for diabetes? ...


Verizon sues to block data theft

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created Jan 24, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Verizon Tuesday boosted its fight to protect customer privacy by filing suit to block Web-site owners from obtaining information under false pretenses.


Whitman pledges not in Craigslist contract

Technology / Business

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Assurances that former eBay CEO Meg Whitman gave Craigslist's officials before eBay bought into the online classifieds company were never put in writing, the founder of Craigslist acknowledged Friday.


Whitman says eBay didn't misuse Craigslist data (AP)

Whitman says eBay didn't misuse Craigslist data

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman said Monday she was unaware of any attempt by the Internet marketplace to misuse confidential data from Craigslist to help eBay develop a competing online classifieds business.


A sensible censor for sharing medical records

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created Jul 24, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Newly developed MIT software will help to allay patients' fears about who has access to their confidential records, facilitating the use of that data for medical research.


Researcher Discovers Method to Fully Process Encrypted Data Without Knowing its Content

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- An IBM Researcher has solved a thorny mathematical problem that has confounded scientists since the invention of public-key encryption several decades ago. The breakthrough, called "privacy homomorphism," ...



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