Companies that take liberties with employee rights to privacy in electronic communication could find themselves in court.

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Three federal laws -- the Privacy Protection Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Cable Communication Provider Act -- overlap and contradict one another in protecting Internet users' identities and personal information.

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Although the tools of communication and financial privacy are granting the small thieves an unprecedented ability to carry out their business with impunity, the large thieves that have so far been able to hide in the bureaucratic shadows of governments and large corporations are finding themselves more and more thrown into the limelight.

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We agree and will incorporate your suggestions into creating new tools that enhance communication on Facebook about privacy and governance.

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Also, I do think this latest problem came out of an attempt to provide more value for buyers and sellers, but the privacy issue combined with their lack of communication and listening to their community has created some ugly fallout.

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The heavy data that will come from turning a car into a communication hub also will prompt questions about privacy.

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Colorado has a history of taking privacy matters seriously: State law prohibits the recording of electronic communication without the consent of the sender.

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Sharing and communicating among co-workers, professional circles and companies becomes more effective and more like real life communication, if users remain in control of their privacy.

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The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which was passed in 1986 and remains the main law governing access to electronic communication, requires police only to certify to a court that the information is relevant to an investigation.

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