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  • Is Google sharing your information with US govt?

    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.

  • Prepare to abandon US-based service providers: Gartner

    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.

  • New spy tools--for good or evil?

    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.

  • Bush proposes antiterror database plan

    A forthcoming government database will compile information from all federal agencies and the private sector on people deemed possible terrorist threats, President Bush said Tuesday evening.

  • PayPal charged with breaking Patriot Act

    A US Attorney's office has alleged that PayPal violated laws regarding the processing of online gambling payments, and is asking parent company eBay to hand over nine months of the gambling-related earnings in settlement.

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  • Uncloaking the US Patriot Act

    More information is dribbling out about the exercise of extraordinary powers granted to federal police since Sept 11. We unmask the Patriot Act.

  • Password juggling no more?

    It's high time for a better way to protect my identity online, CNET News.com's Mike Ricciuti says. I'm sick of yellow stickies.

  • Fight money laundering with hi-tech tools

    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.

  • Australia: CRM leaders go head to head

    Pivotal's Helen Robinson and salesforce.com's Doug Farber debate on where the local customer relationship management business is headed.

  • Cyberlaw: Future's pretty fuzzy

    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.

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