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Oct 1, 2012

Marketplace Tech Report for Monday, October 1, 2012

A new report says the U.S. Justice Department allowed law enforcement agencies to examine more private data in 2010-2011 than in the entire previous decade. The kind of surveillance allowance isn’t new — but the kinds of data the government is being allowed to pull has changed. And while digital technology has disrupted the old way of doing business for many industrites — like music and books — it’s taken a while with one near-essential, wine. But Amazon may try selling wine online, again.

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A new report says the U.S. Justice Department allowed law enforcement agencies to examine more private data in 2010-2011 than in the entire previous decade. The kind of surveillance allowance isn’t new — but the kinds of data the government is being allowed to pull has changed. And while digital technology has disrupted the old way of doing business for many industrites — like music and books — it’s taken a while with one near-essential, wine. But Amazon may try selling wine online, again.

Marketplace Tech Report for Monday, October 1, 2012