The White House unveiled a pioneering Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, building on FTC recommendations. California’s attorney general began requiring that all mobile apps distributed to residents would need to contain clear privacy policies. A judge ruled that it’s okay to spy on you and your children in a court case against software developer Designerware. FBI agent outing affair between CIA director of the CIA, David Petraeus, and his biographer Paula Broadwell. FBI investigation Snares CIA Director Petraeus after Broadwell sent anonymous emails of allegedly threatening nature to a friend of Broadwell’s.”]
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