When Google was fined by the US Federal Trade Commission in 2012, chairman Jon Leibowitz said that all companies must "keep their privacy promises to customers".
Police cannot see other parts of the site such as the directory of members in the group, as Nextdoor wants to keep the privacy of the users on the site.
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The federal government mandates that hospitals keep patient privacy sacred under the 1996 Health Information and Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. But doctors and hospitals are bound by law in some cities and states to report every gun-violence incident.
Still, "all companies must abide by FTC orders against them and keep their privacy promises to consumers, or they will end up paying many times what it would have cost to comply in the first place, " FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said.
Mark Zuckerberg may be regretting his decision to keep his Facebook profile privacy settings so low.
The Lib Dem MP said he had agreed to the arrangement because he wanted to protect his privacy and keep his sexuality a secret but also because it provided better value for money for the taxpayer.
Under the direction of Mary Ellen Callahan, the Chief Privacy Officer and Chief FOIA Officer, the office issues guidelines for how the DHS can keep us safe while respecting our privacy.
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Zimmerman says the best way to protect your privacy is to keep quiet.
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He wants to keep a certain amount of privacy, and he doesn't flaunt the press or the publicity, because he doesn't have to.
Additionally, California employers should keep in mind that similar privacy claims can be raised under the California Constitution, by either public-sector or private-sector employees.
Facebook has emphasized privacy settings to keep such information from being publicly visible and said they're continuing to fine-tune the tool as it rolls out.
Abortion opponents have also realized the power of the billboard, and the privacy lines they keep crossing guarantee that their billboards become the talk of the town (and the country).
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Chris Soghoian, a technologist and policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union, told the Threatpost security blog that Mr You's main job would be "to keep the company out of privacy-related trouble" rather than to protect user privacy.
So you thought tweaking your privacy settings could actually keep you private on Facebook?
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Our code is open source, while we just keep the control to keep it open and manage the privacy controls.
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The waiting area at the pharmacy counter at my local drug store has a cute little sign that asks customers to keep their distance to respect the privacy of someone picking up a prescription.
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To add to the confusion, many services on the internet are now nested within one another, making it very difficult to really keep track of the level of privacy that will be applied to any discreet bit of you own personal data or content.
Facebook, despite its recent privacy missteps, offers better controls to keep the personal private.
Disputes over privacy, some of which continue and keep some files closed, delayed the opening another nine years.
The Spanish judge's decision to keep the evidence from anti-doping officials, on grounds of privacy protection, doesn't help those seeking to police rampant sporting fraud.
Ten years back, during a surge of concern about our online privacy, a host of companies launched to try to help us keep track of and control over our personal information.
In other words, common sense privacy advice should be taken more seriously than ever: Shred documents that have personal details, keep your Social Security Number to yourself whenever possible, and avoid posting your info on the Web.
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For him, privacy is something we have to protect by ensuring that the institutions to which we entrust our information keep it safe.
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