Google CEO Eric Schmidt revealed yesterday that the US government has made "requests" for the search giant to share information about its users -- and that Google would comply if the requests were legal.
Cisco's Fred Baker explains his company's recent decision to begin offering "lawful interception" capability--an option that could be either good or bad news for privacy.
Analyst group Gartner has recommended that companies using US-based service providers should prepare plans to move their data to the UK or Canada because of the risk that records could be passed, without authorisation, to US Intelligence agencies.
US data warehouse company Acxiom last week announced FactCheck-X Authenticate, a new biographical authentication service that asks users random questions based on their personal lives.
New laws have given governments unprecented rights to keep a digital eye on their citizens, but many people are concerned.
More information is dribbling out about the exercise of extraordinary powers granted to federal police since Sept 11. We unmask the Patriot Act.
US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.
Pivotal's Helen Robinson and salesforce.com's Doug Farber debate on where the local customer relationship management business is headed.
The state of Internet law was in flux in 2001. Lawyer Doug Isenberg says that if any lesson has emerged, it's that the same thing will probably remain true for 2002.
The motivation for money laundering is greed, and the common gateway is the Internet. How do Australian banks use technology to fight this phantom menace? ZDNet Australia investigates.
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