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Not all cookies are sweet: Browsers increasingly implement ‘Do Not Track’ capabilities

Depending on your choice of browser, someone may have been following your moves online - even if you have quality application control software in place. That's because for years digital marketers have been monitoring the online movements and habits of customers by gathering cookies and collecting other fo...

In law enforcement, it’s technology versus privacy

It's a classic argument, and now its ramifications are being felt in the digital age. As law enforcement seeks to gather more information during investigations, privacy advocates worry that police work will collect more personal data than is necessary. The latest incident involves the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and its digital crime-fight...

How big data can enable better education

One of the side effects to having web-connected smartphones, tablets, laptops and possibly refrigerators is that they're all collecting information about their users. Websites know which pages visitors go to and smartphones hold a trove of GPS data that would make even non-conspiracy theorists consider a tinfoil hat. But some organizations are putt...